Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 21:48:15 +0200 From: Lars Tunkrans <lars.tunkrans@bredband.net> To: Randy Powell <rk@wrpkap.net> Cc: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: AMD 64 & 5.4 i386 intalls Message-ID: <42F3C27F.7000103@bredband.net> In-Reply-To: <42F2B889.2010106@wrpkap.net> References: <42F2B889.2010106@wrpkap.net>
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Randy Powell wrote: > I am in the process of up-dating my motherboard, cpu, and memory. I > have three Maxter 60GB ATA 133 HDs with Windblows xp on one and two > Freebsd5.4 installs on the other two. Since my current system is i386, > my fear is that I will have to reload BSD5.4 amd64 program. > > What say you :) Unless you manage to buy a motherboard that has serious problems ( like those with Nforce3 150 chipset ) you should be able to run the GENERIC i386 kernel on the new system and then customise for any additional bits. I am running the MSI K8T Neo2 FIR ( Via K8T800-Pro chipset ) with FreeBSD 5.4 i386. //Lars
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