From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 18 07:08:09 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 A824916A41F for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 07:08:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fraser_feb@yahoo.com) Received: from web33002.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web33002.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.206.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 477A043D46 for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 07:08:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fraser_feb@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 48450 invoked by uid 60001); 18 Oct 2005 07:08:08 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=vP00JZbpkTZVUCPMgnUfhEqTg4xMEUBKbqGMTqbOJ4mLscLkm33aLUwshc2H4Iv9zhv9NAa7QSinuOrZZXoSSlAjCsd+Y4lt/fKYiIjGa+6SbbBN0u21tFLIND/ab0dik9Jwu7ysMgu9srH+edL6YVvOKm3+yTJam62SQyYOPIQ= ; Message-ID: <20051018070808.48448.qmail@web33002.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [61.0.71.241] by web33002.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:08:08 PDT Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:08:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Fraser To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: AMD problem 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: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 07:08:09 -0000 Hi There, recently i have ordered "FreeBSD 5.4 CDs" from UK. Presently i am using "Celeron-600 on SiS-630". I know "FreeBSD" will work on my system. since i have Celeron i said to them that i have i386 architecture. Now in the next month i want to purchase a new computer (as i have an old & quite slow machine). I am thinking of buying AMD-athlon-64. I know that FreeBSD will work on AMD64 architecture but what i do not know is will the same CDs will work for AMD64? I mean, does FreeBSD come in different types of hardware dependent CD packs (like Debian GNU/Linux uses 2 diffenent CD packs for x86 and AMD64)? -- if your answer is "hardware dependent CD packs" then i will not buy AMD-athlon-64, instead i will take CeleronD. (and will feel sad as i will not be able to assemble & use a new hardware myself). -- if your answer is "hardware independent CD packs" then i will buy AMD-athlon-64 and take experience in assembling & using a new hardware as i have already assembled Celeron and Pentium because these are frequently used in INDIA. I am learning PROGRAMMING and will take it as my professsion but i also want to have experience of different hardwares (like we have of different languages). ONE MORE QUESTION: My friend has "AMD-sempron - 2500+". Will "FreeBSD" work on this one (I am asking because it is a 32 bit OS and Fedora-Core-3 can not be installed. again i need the answer in the form of "hardware dependent/independent CD packs" can you help me by providing answers to these 2 questions? thanks for your time. "fraser" **************************************************** If you did not find my questions appropriate to this mailing-list, PLEASE point me to the appropriate one. ****************************************************** "the Great Intellectuals" __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com