Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 21:35:30 +0200 From: Francois Tigeot <ftigeot@wolfpond.org> To: "Alex D'Elia" <acme@enemy.org> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 on Asus K8V SE Deluxe Message-ID: <20041002193530.GA765@aoi.wolfpond.org> In-Reply-To: <20041002192307.GC66319@enemy.org> References: <20041002144347.GA66319@enemy.org> <200410021838.00113.miha@ghuug.org> <20041002184843.GB66319@enemy.org> <200410021900.08350.miha@ghuug.org> <1096744220.95617.5.camel@server> <20041002192307.GC66319@enemy.org>
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On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 09:23:07PM +0200, Alex D'Elia wrote: > * Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> [041002 21:10]: > > > On Sat, 2004-10-02 at 12:00, Mikhail P. wrote: > > > On Saturday 02 October 2004 18:48, Alex D'Elia wrote: > > > > > > Yes, that's the issue with linux compatibility on amd64.. > > > It seems like you'll be using computer as desktop, so I would suggest that you > > > switch to 32bit mode - it will be still (almost) as fast as in 64bit - and > > > install i386 distribution. That way you will have much less issues with > > > emulation/multimedia. > > > > 32-bit Linux emulation would be all he could use in 32-bit mode anyway. > > Linux32 emulation works great for me and I have no significant issues > > with anything running in 64-bit mode natively either. The only > > exception being the lack of a Java VM. This is a well-known limitation > > that will hopefully be addressed when Suns Java 5 comes out with a > > source license in a few more weeks. > > exactly..... and actually this was a machine for users and also a machine > for myself ( it was my first machine, which died after years of non stop > running, because of an hardware problem ..... PCs :/ ....tz ! ). > So i wont switch it because it would be no sense for me to get and > amd64 and use it in 32bit mode. > > But what's that thing about Linux32 ?? > where do I find it ? This page has detailled instructions on how to enable i386 Linux emulation: http://people.freebsd.org/~tjr/linux32.html The instructions are for Slackware but it is possible to use one of the linux_base ports with some hacking. I'm using java/linux-sun-jdk14 without any problem. -- Francois Tigeot
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