From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 15 14:16:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38E8C1065693 for ; Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:16:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from abalour@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f222.google.com (mail-fx0-f222.google.com [209.85.220.222]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 210658FC2A for ; Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:16:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm22 with SMTP id 22so1139276fxm.36 for ; Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:16:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=cC2AdzAC8nNIGcf7x22MJzZRcDg4zCNyRVx9MQrcPkQ=; b=dTe/oBZfgSVa2aAYhAXdFZjHN1COmTdCHM0CGj+Wc6GKI4Iouh1ONn8yItOcJXYkvY HJt80mXjbPnwGRhSQq6XYRooCt6sdqg9R7MlxPqJva0tkSpx8Vf53Q6gwPY7DYstjXE/ KmQQ7Q4/hTIU7V2F5JGEaLCYMDeOaPsG8OVUc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; b=aaTVBdS1v+xhGvoZYy1/nI3O1KKnGxOGGvhOrmObpRnQIds8OlvLLmOXx6s1Fvm9ob FSb77RaSpypeW8uAYuA0fxmiZR/1m/DGy/ODaj2SenkOLaihuCCU/iBc96XypmxjXaNL p0htgQ2t7zOFo7kvvqKrf/j4wOQgsyAAvaGjs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.86.230.27 with SMTP id c27mr212431fgh.63.1255616167173; Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:16:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200910151513.AA205456278@mail.Go2France.com> References: <200910151513.AA205456278@mail.Go2France.com> From: Ross Cameron Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:15:47 +0200 Message-ID: <35f70db10910150715x35925522q30e6e5368e33b30b@mail.gmail.com> To: lconrad@go2france.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is this Intel CPU ok for 7.2 AMD64? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ross.cameron@linuxpro.co.za List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:16:09 -0000 On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Len Conrad wrote: > Does it matter whether I run IA64 or AMD64 in the above Dell 1850? You wont even et IA64 booting as that is a compilation for Itanium processors. For the 64bit enabled Xeon processors Intel licensed the AMD64 instruction set. Therefor the correct distro to use on this machine would be AMD64 or i386 if you have a need to run 32bit software. -- "Opportunity is most often missed by people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." Thomas Alva Edison Inventor of 1093 patents, including: The light bulb, phonogram and motion pictures.