From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 10 20:47:26 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA9D916A403 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:47:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: from smtp106.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp106.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.229.99]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5C27D43D45 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:47:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: (qmail 78321 invoked from network); 10 Oct 2006 20:47:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.mikestammer.com) (mikestammer@sbcglobal.net@70.131.105.213 with login) by smtp106.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 10 Oct 2006 20:47:13 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D63725A; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:47:08 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mikestammer.com Received: from mail.mikestammer.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gondolin.middleearth.mikestammer.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id wZRiBE0VfBkb; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:47:05 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: eric) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2958B54; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:47:05 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <452C06C8.10602@mikestammer.com> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:47:04 -0500 From: Eric User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: michael graffam References: <20061008033805.56892.qmail@web33713.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20061008033805.56892.qmail@web33713.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another whirl with FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:47:26 -0000 michael graffam wrote: > Hi, my name is Michael and I'm and Open Source addict. > > > Enough with the re-introductions, I guess. > Essentially, I'd like to hear any opinions regarding > the 64 bit and 32 bit FreeBSD ports. NDIS support is > fine on both? > > My machine is a Compaq Presario V2000 series, in case > someone has the same, or similar. i heard its better to run the i386 version of BSD on 64 bit machines due to the overhead, etc. unless you need what the 64 bit version gives you (addressing more memory, etc). It will work fine (I run both versions), but i am sure more can be turned up by a quick search of the mailing list etc. Eric