From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 18 09:02:32 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 427CA16A420 for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:02:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED64113C455 for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:02:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so5378457pyb for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:02:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ySz0nVW/kBhasWQNpRBixUQXTLUbUyFWFIJPthMogjQ=; b=Tft/Civby7iI7WJ+a03gpImspzBOGwCO7QMuslWTDDd3FXJrw7UaNGv0ipueLw2+7P+FMaIcO1D9Od6seU6cL+HCSdL8ELXo+d/8QVN6zmVV+bybRqLb2WKljYOigXrOCnlvVT3TfOT1KExwW+AOfQZHoBcPuxUKY9i0Fmb9zQY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=j6238eMquUjvxlVXDjwUWMwl0jHMsejWTulJb+eIIBxGFh5MWXBTUue6kpxu1o061GRGarSW2et1lreTxaxIBjHgrtuget+9A6LXdc4XvX+xjEBcXlkmh/J+DAsocGD4c3cVdDJA0emJ4WTie6o/vV9EmgfnCT15VPWleLTthWo= Received: by 10.65.51.4 with SMTP id d4mr8439783qbk.1195376544599; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:02:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.2.2? ( [67.85.89.184]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 1sm3193415qbh.2007.11.18.01.02.21 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:02:24 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <473FFF9D.4090203@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:02:21 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071111) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Giorgos Keramidas References: <473F250F.2030903@gmail.com> <20071117.164853.1221560804.imp@bsdimp.com> <473F7EE7.4080405@gmail.com> <20071118000233.GA5820@kobe.laptop> <473FB515.5080907@gmail.com> <20071118084013.GC83139@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <20071118084013.GC83139@kobe.laptop> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: congrlations to the freebsd developers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:02:32 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2007-11-17 22:44, "Aryeh M. Friedman" wrote: >> Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>> On 2007-11-17 18:53, "Aryeh M. Friedman" >>> wrote: >>>> M. Warner Losh wrote: >>>>> You can run FreeBSD/i386 on amd64 boxes. >>>> All the different methods people have suggested to me for doing >>>> this has blown up.... also since I use a nvidia card it is almost >>>> pointless unless I can run the nvidia kernel module. >>> That's odd. >>> >>> The laptop I'm typing this is amd64-capable, but installing from >>> the FreeBSD/i386 release CD-ROMs worked like a charm. Which >>> methods have you tried? >> With 4GB and a E6850 (P35/IHC9(R)) almost all the pci devices I had >> where reconized *EXCEPT* any nvdidia card under i386 this was >> instantly "fixed" as soon I switched to amd64. > > Sorry, but I can barely parse the sentence above. Do you mean that you > _did_ installl i386, but it had issues? Yes to starting with i386 and moving to amd64 - -- Aryeh M. Friedman Developer, not business, friendly http://www.flosoft-systems.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHP/+cJ9+1V27SttsRArb1AJ9+Pl9C65JhoqhV5glmjwHkkd8GsgCffS0j gbEGChReJu0q45ylY0/EncM= =C+3c -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----