From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 25 00:37:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3A3416A4B3 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 00:37:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 042F243FAF for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 00:37:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9P7bRJC089452; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 00:37:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h9P7bP9L089451; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 00:37:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 00:37:25 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: Adriaan de Groot Message-ID: <20031025073725.GA89176@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20031022075730.8D01E2A8DA@canning.wemm.org> <200310221015.37534.adridg@cs.kun.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200310221015.37534.adridg@cs.kun.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 cc: amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FYI, I've switched my primary desktop to AMD64. X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: amd64@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 07:37:35 -0000 On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 10:15:37AM +0200, Adriaan de Groot wrote: > Will a regular old 32-bit install of FBSD even boot? YES! That's the whole point of x86-64 ^H^H^HAMD64. Just like your i386 was the fastest 16-bit "8086" ever, the amd64 is the fastest 32-bit "i386" ever. And just like your i386 ran 16-bit MS-DOS just fine, AMD64 runs your 32-bit OS just fine (and 16-bit MS-DOS also). -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)