From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 29 18:25:36 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A26016A4B3 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 18:25:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ms-smtp-03.tampabay.rr.com (ms-smtp-03.tampabay.rr.com [65.32.1.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9EA443FF7 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 18:25:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tbstep@tampabay.rr.com) Received: from 2416459hfc31.tampabay.rr.com (2416459hfc31.tampabay.rr.com [24.164.59.31])h8U1PW1d015985; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 21:25:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Todd Stephens To: Piet Slaghekke , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 21:21:25 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 References: <000001c386f0$780a7490$6502a8c0@baby> In-Reply-To: <000001c386f0$780a7490$6502a8c0@baby> X-Marks-The-Spot: Yes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200309292121.25277.tbstep@tampabay.rr.com> Subject: Re: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 01:25:36 -0000 On Monday 29 September 2003 09:02 pm, Piet Slaghekke wrote: > Hello, > When downloading freebsd I am asked what architecture. What does > this mean and how do I determine this? > You have either an i386 compatible (intel, amd, cyrix, etc) or an Alpha chip (Compaq/DEC). If you have a Mac (PPC chip) you can't use FreeBSD at this time. -- Todd Stephens "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." - Plato