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Date:      Thu, 25 Aug 2005 10:52:00 +0200
From:      Gary Jennejohn <garyj@jennejohn.org>
To:        fhrsilveira@terra.com.br
Cc:        freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: AMD... 
Message-ID:  <200508250852.j7P8q0a5002727@peedub.jennejohn.org>
In-Reply-To: Message from "=?iso-8859-1?B?RuFiaW8gU2lsdmVpcmE=?= " <fhrsilveira@terra.com.br>  of "Thu, 25 Aug 2005 04:46:16 -0300." <430D7748.000003.02916@WINXP> 

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"fhrsilveira@terra.com.br" writes:
>     Hi, I would ask you a question.. please could you tell me if AMD64
> signifies if I have a PC with AMD as a CPU, I could use it?
>

AMD64 means exactly what it implies - it is only for 64 bit CPUs.

> Well I saw something like port and platform. I know I could use i386
> to install in my
> PC, an AMD 800MHz.. so is it the same thing, I mean, when I had installed
> Linux OS in my system, I've always used i386. Is that the same for
> FreeBSD
> 

With a CPU that old your only option is to install i386.

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Gary Jennejohn / garyjATjennejohnDOTorg gjATfreebsdDOTorg garyjATdenxDOTde




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