Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 15:32:38 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Jorn Argelo <jorn@wcborstel.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386 & amd64 Message-ID: <20041209233237.GA21756@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20041209231543.M24812@wcborstel.nl> References: <20041209220537.GD21004@math.jussieu.fr> <20041209231543.M24812@wcborstel.nl>
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--NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 12:19:24AM +0100, Jorn Argelo wrote: > On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 23:05:37 +0100, Albert Shih wrote > > Hi all > >=20 > > My news computer just arrive ;-) The cpu is a AMD 64 FX 55. > >=20 > > I've try to install FreeBSD 53-amd64 but the hard drive is SATA and the > > boot hang when he detect the drive. > >=20 > > The install work with FreeBSD 53-i386. > >=20 > > I think i can, with many effort, find a another DD with IDE=20 > > interface, but my question is : If I install amd64 version where is=20 > > the difference between i386 ? Well I forgot to say : I'm not=20 > > programer, i'm just use : vi, mozilla, tex... Whit this very=20 > > standard applications (and I think this application is not re-write=20 > > to use 64 bits cpu) are there some difference betwen 386 version and=20 > > amd64 ? >=20 > Well, some things that are keeping me from the AMD64 version of FreeBSD i= s the=20 > lack of support for several programs. Including cvsup, and I don't know a= ny=20 > 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. Not for months now. Kris --NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBuOCVWry0BWjoQKURArwXAJ95I8QCJj5zHJdTkhzj7EwpmSiEcgCggm2E UNA1SdN1yLOCBhkOOhjlfyE= =+z5M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh--
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