Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:48:02 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Mark Kane <mark@mkproductions.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on AMD64 3000+ - amd64 or i386 version of FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20050712164802.GA5314@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <42D3F9C2.4090802@mkproductions.org> References: <42D3F9C2.4090802@mkproductions.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 12:11:30PM -0500, Mark Kane wrote: > Hi everyone. I have decided to ditch Windows XP completely when my > motherboard comes back from it's RMA. I have a few questions about the > different FreeBSD versions. > > 1) I have an AMD64 3000+ processor. I've been reading some things around > the Internet about ports and other software not compiling properly with > the amd64 version of FreeBSD. Most of the things I've read about this > have been from 2004 or even late 2003, so I'm wondering how things have > progressed since then. Are there still many ports or software that don't > compile properly? Is there a list somewhere of known ports not to work > on the amd64 version? http://pointyhat.freebsd.org; conversely, check ftp://ftp.freebsd.org for the list of packages that are available. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFC0/RCWry0BWjoQKURAu/CAKC7CujiysE0CRPoLZulIHyR3FYlkwCg7Yxx CqBXZASoqjbq4cem3b4yKuw= =SadI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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