From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 15 15:46:31 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 9B0AC106568D for ; Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:46:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from millenia2000@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc1-s35.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s35.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.107]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84F048FC22 for ; Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:46:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from BAY126-W9 ([65.55.131.44]) by bay0-omc1-s35.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:44:10 -0700 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [65.214.169.254] From: Sean Cavanaugh To: , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:44:09 -0400 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <200910151513.AA205456278@mail.Go2France.com> References: <200910151513.AA205456278@mail.Go2France.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Oct 2009 15:44:10.0341 (UTC) FILETIME=[56718950:01CA4DAE] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: 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 List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:46:31 -0000 >=20 > Does it matter whether I run IA64 or AMD64 in the above Dell 1850? >=20 > Len >=20 This is a case where I wish the architecture types were renamed to modern d= ay nomenclature. Most people outside the *nix world know i386 as the x86 ar= chitecture and AMD64 as either x86-64 or straight x64. IA64 is for Itanium = architecture only and will not work on any x86 or derrived architecture. =20 -Sean =