Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2015 19:56:45 -0400 From: Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> To: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 64bit P4 vs mfsBSD Message-ID: <55C3F43D.5050505@sneakertech.com> In-Reply-To: <8BCBAC22-6B6F-4385-8D0F-ACE59D996FD9@elde.net> References: <55C3D434.6030005@sneakertech.com> <8BCBAC22-6B6F-4385-8D0F-ACE59D996FD9@elde.net>
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> If you look up the id from cpuid on ark.intel.com, you should get a > definitive answer. Which "cpuid"? Presumably you don't mean Intel's program (as it already claims to print out that info). > Aside from that, a 64bit machine will happily run 32bits FreeBSD, so > I'd try that first. That didn't help me with mfsBSD 10.0 i386 though. > Some older machines can be quite picky about their thumbdrives. I'd > try 32bits 10.2 RC, on another thumbdrive, and fiddle with BIOS > settings if it doesn't work. Hmm, have had problems with this machine not wanting to boot off a different thumb drive, but I assumed that if it could get a loader on one it was good to go. Maybe I'll try hooking up a usb cd instead (hate to waste a cd on a ~30mb image though).
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