From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 9 19:57:15 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5166106574E for ; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 19:57:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59E018FC16 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 19:57:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-255-48-78.bredband.comhem.se ([83.255.48.78]:62066 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1Lglax-0001C0-8R for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:57:04 +0100 Received: (qmail 98728 invoked from network); 9 Mar 2009 20:57:02 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 9 Mar 2009 20:57:02 +0100 Received: (qmail 90096 invoked by uid 1001); 9 Mar 2009 20:57:02 +0100 Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 20:57:02 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: Michael Powell Message-ID: <20090309195702.GA90033@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <006001c9a0d3$9d61b660$d8252320$@com> <20090309163201.GA89070@owl.midgard.homeip.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Originating-IP: 83.255.48.78 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1Lglax-0001C0-8R. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1Lglax-0001C0-8R 56e2e2541b4bb575da2afb807993c108 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which install ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:57:16 -0000 On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 02:15:25PM -0400, Michael Powell wrote: > Erik Trulsson wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 11:25:06AM -0500, Darryl Hoar wrote: > >> Greetings, > >> I just purchased an older rack mounted supermicro server. It is running > >> CentOS, but I want to install Freebsd on it. > >> The server has (2) Xeon processors. Which download should I use ? i386 > >> ??? > >> > > > > If it is an older server then i386 is probably the right version to use. > > The recent processors from Intel that use the 'Xeon' name also support > > amd64, but older ones did not. > > > > > > > > > > If memory serves, the first Xeon to be 64 bit was the Nocona. Xeons prior to > that were 32 bit and came in OLGA 603 sockets. In early 2001 they were 1.4 > to 1.7GHz units, and later that year the speeds ramped up. There have been many 'Xeon' processors before that. The first ones were the Pentium II Xeon for Slot 2 and ran at a most impressive 400 MHz. There have been many variants after that using Slot 2, Socket 603, Socket 604, Socket 775, Socket 771, and probably some more socket type which I have missed. The Slot 2 and Socket 603 models do not have 64-bit support. Some of the Socket 604 models have 64-bit support, while I believe all the Socket 775 and Socket 771 models have 64-bit support. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Xeon_microprocessors for what looks like a fairly complete list of them all, which should illustrate fairly well why it is pretty much meaningless to just say that you have a 'Xeon' processor. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se