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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD on AMD64 3000+ - amd64 or i386 version of FreeBSD?
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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=20
> motherboard comes back from it's RMA. I have a few questions about the=20
> different FreeBSD versions.
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> 1) I have an AMD64 3000+ processor. I've been reading some things around=
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> the Internet about ports and other software not compiling properly with=
=20
> the amd64 version of FreeBSD. Most of the things I've read about this=20
> have been from 2004 or even late 2003, so I'm wondering how things have=
=20
> progressed since then. Are there still many ports or software that don't=
=20
> compile properly? Is there a list somewhere of known ports not to work=20
> on the amd64 version?

http://pointyhat.freebsd.org; conversely, check ftp://ftp.freebsd.org
for the list of packages that are available.

Kris

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