From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 25 20:40:45 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 B250A16A41F for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:40:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: from smtpout1.ywave.com (ycomradius.yelmtel.com [216.227.100.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 54E2E43D4C for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:40:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: (qmail 30160 invoked by uid 502); 25 Sep 2005 20:40:43 -0000 Received: from dsl-12-178-99-132.ywave.com (HELO ?192.168.1.65?) (micahjon@ywave.com@12.178.99.132) by 0 with SMTP; 25 Sep 2005 20:40:43 -0000 X-CLIENT-IP: 12.178.99.132 X-CLIENT-HOST: dsl-12-178-99-132.ywave.com Message-ID: <43370B4B.8090501@ywave.com> Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:40:43 -0700 From: Micah User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050924) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Graham North , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <433705B5.4020004@shaw.ca> In-Reply-To: <433705B5.4020004@shaw.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: i386 on AMD64 architecture X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:40:45 -0000 Graham North wrote: > It is my understanding that the AMD 64 family supports 32-bit i386 code > completely...can someone confirm this. > > I would like to stay with 32 bit for the time being but run it on a new > MB using an AMD64 architecture. Should I therefore be simply installing > an i386 iso as though it is on an Intel machine? Will the i386 iso then > have full support for AMD specific drivers such as the k8t800? I > noticed from this link > http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/motherboards.html THAT the the > VIA K8T800 and K8T890 seem to be reasonably supported whereas not many > other current AMD Northbridges are (note however that this support is > for AMD64 iso). > > Any pearls of wisdom much appreciated. No I do not wish to install as 64 > bit at this time... > Thanks, Graham/ > You'll probably get a lot of responses on this one. I'm currently running the i386 FreeBSD on an Ahtlon 64 as my desktop. I also have the 64 bit installed on a seperate partition to experiment with. I have an A8V-E mobo that has the K8T890. Works just fine except an occasional glitch while booting freezes the system. I've read it's an ACPI thing, but since I rarely reboot I've not bothered to disable ACPI. Later, Micah