Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:49:41 -0500 From: Ryan Coleman <ryan.coleman@cwis.biz> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 64-bit? Message-ID: <4853E895.5030801@cwis.biz> In-Reply-To: <4853E84D.80901@FreeBSD.org> References: <4853E03A.3040307@cwis.biz> <4853E84D.80901@FreeBSD.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > Ryan Coleman wrote: >> I'm full of questions, I know... And I haven't been googling well >> lately but there seem to be a lot of you with a lot of knowledge and >> you're willing to share (as am I). >> >> This machine is running a D2C E4600 which (as I understand) is a >> 64-bit cpu, but I'm running fBSD 6.3 which is *not* 64-bit? Might >> this have anything to do with the crashes? Is there a stable 64-bit >> version of fBSD I should install? Will it upgrade the 32-bit or >> should I go from scratch? > > 6.3 supports 64-bit amd64-compatible CPUs, and stability is on par > with the 32-bit version. Besides which, amd64 CPUs are full backwards > compatible when run in 32-bit mode, so this is not the source of your > problems. > > Kris But will it upgrade or do I have to strike the current install and go again?
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