Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:31:28 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Ryan Coleman <ryan.coleman@cwis.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 64-bit? Message-ID: <4853F260.6070404@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4853E895.5030801@cwis.biz> References: <4853E03A.3040307@cwis.biz> <4853E84D.80901@FreeBSD.org> <4853E895.5030801@cwis.biz>
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Ryan Coleman wrote: > 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? Easiest thing is to reinstall. I wouldn't bother until you have fixed your hardware though -- you'll just be wasting your time. Kris
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