Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:46:27 -0700 From: Bert JW Regeer <xistence@0x58.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386 with PAE or AMD64 on PowerEdge with 4G RAM Message-ID: <C7C1F305-7E4D-4FA5-BA29-6F0538C15BEB@0x58.com> In-Reply-To: <200706220124.l5M1Otob089313@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <4676BAF0.4030703@gmail.com> <20070618180813.GA13003@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <322073cc0706181415o17ecd532i971d8bdf5ea1dafd@mail.gmail.com> <20070618221022.GA17952@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <868xadj651.fsf@dwp.des.no> <200706220124.l5M1Otob089313@fire.js.berklix.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--Apple-Mail-2-183841032 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed On Jun 21, 2007, at 6:24 PM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= wrote: >> Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> writes: >>> Like I said, I don't run 64-bit OSes because I prefer compatibility. >>> Believe me, the instant you run into some quirky problem with >>> either the >>> kernel or any of its subsystems, or a third-party program (from >>> ports or >>> otherwise), the first thing you'll be told is "it works for me on >>> i386, >>> have you tried i386?" >> >> Absolute nonsense. FreeBSD is just as solid on amd64 as on i386, and > > A while back I reverted my AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ > (2010.06-MHz 686-class CPU) from 64 to 32 bit, 'cos of bad ports. > ls /var/db/pkg | wc -l # 536 Not that I use them all, they just > accumulate. FreeBSD is as solid as damp cement on many old laptops > ( http://berklix.org/~jhs/hardware/laptops/ ) ie doesn't install > beyond > 4.11. No time for ports pain as well as base install failures. Eh? I would like to contest this statement. I own several old Thinkpads, an Toshiba Portege and NONE of them have had any problems what so ever. My Toshiba is running -CURRENT without any issues what so ever. Damp cement? WTH? > > -- > Julian Stacey. Munich Computer Consultant, BSD Unix C Linux. http:// > berklix.com > HTML mail unseen. Ihr Rauch=mein allergischer Kopfschmerz. Dump > cigs 4 snuff. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --Apple-Mail-2-183841032--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?C7C1F305-7E4D-4FA5-BA29-6F0538C15BEB>