Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 16:54:06 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> To: bram <brampie@no-wackos.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Newbie question Message-ID: <413C25AE.8060400@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <0FC266BD-FFCB-11D8-8D56-000D93B0200E@no-wackos.com> References: <0FC266BD-FFCB-11D8-8D56-000D93B0200E@no-wackos.com>
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Hi, bram wrote: > Hi all > > I've just installed freebsd AMD64 and have come to the (maybe wrong) > conclusion that you cannot run 32 bit software on it. I think that you are right for the moment if you talk about the mix of 32 and 64 bit applications. > whenever I try to compile for i386 freebsd something it says I do not > have i386 and therefor cannot he cannot compile. > A programmer that I know says that c code is not processor specific and > also that the amd64 support 32 bit applications. It would be so nice of this would be true. > So I ask you, what is the problem here and how can I solve it. > programs wich are a problem here are MySQL and hotline for unix. > can't I just say something like: compile 32 bit ? > You have two options. One is that there is a 64 bit port available, the other one is that you install the 32 bit version of FreeBSD on your machine. Erich
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