From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 9 23:19:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25CE716A4D5 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 23:19:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from www.wcborstel.nl (wcborstel.demon.nl [82.161.134.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8B9B43D58 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 23:19:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jorn@wcborstel.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.wcborstel.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F39874378; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:19:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from www.wcborstel.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (www.wcborstel.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 24933-05; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:19:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from www.wcborstel.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.wcborstel.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75CB3412D; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:19:24 +0100 (CET) From: "Jorn Argelo" To: shih@math.jussieu.fr, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:19:24 +0100 Message-Id: <20041209231543.M24812@wcborstel.nl> In-Reply-To: <20041209220537.GD21004@math.jussieu.fr> References: <20041209220537.GD21004@math.jussieu.fr> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 2.41 20040926 X-OriginatingIP: 82.161.134.53 (jorn) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mail.wcborstel.nl Subject: Re: i386 & amd64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 23:19:06 -0000 On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 23:05:37 +0100, Albert Shih wrote > Hi all > > My news computer just arrive ;-) The cpu is a AMD 64 FX 55. > > I've try to install FreeBSD 53-amd64 but the hard drive is SATA and the > boot hang when he detect the drive. > > The install work with FreeBSD 53-i386. > > I think i can, with many effort, find a another DD with IDE > interface, but my question is : If I install amd64 version where is > the difference between i386 ? Well I forgot to say : I'm not > programer, i'm just use : vi, mozilla, tex... Whit this very > standard applications (and I think this application is not re-write > to use 64 bits cpu) are there some difference betwen 386 version and > amd64 ? Well, some things that are keeping me from the AMD64 version of FreeBSD is the lack of support for several programs. Including cvsup, and I don't know any other way to sync the ports-tree or the kernel sources. But that was with 5.2. 1. I am not sure if FreeBSD still lacks cvsup. Other then that, there are not that much differences AFAIK. The Athlon64 FX-55 is capable of running a 32 bit OS without any problems. Note that AMD64 is an architecture, and Athlon64 is a processor ;) Cheers, Jorn > > Thanks > > Regards > > -- > Albert SHIH > Universite de Paris 7 (Denis DIDEROT) > Heure local/Local time: > Thu Dec 9 22:59:38 CET 2004 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"