Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 14:37:51 -0700 From: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> To: Graham North <northg@shaw.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386 on AMD64 architecture Message-ID: <433718AF.10109@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <43370D4F.8040008@shaw.ca> References: <433705B5.4020004@shaw.ca> <43370B4B.8090501@ywave.com> <43370D4F.8040008@shaw.ca>
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Graham North wrote: > Thanks Micah! > > Which version of FBSD are you using? Your choice of MB looks pretty > solid. Can you recommend a good, supported (and cheap) video card as > the A8V-E does not seem to have video. > Thanks again, Graham/ > I'm using 5.4-RELEASE-p7 for the i386 install and 5.4-RELEASE for the AMD64 install. As for video, no particular recommendation. I have an ATI X300 SE by MSI. It's a cheap ($60) PCI-EX card. Unfortunately it has no graphics acceleration under FreeBSD/XORG so I might as well have bought a cheaper PCI card. :) Other caveats: I've read that the onboard NIC isn't compatible yet and I haven't tried the onboard wifi or sata since I don't have any equipment to test them with. I saw some messages in one of the freebsd lists that indicates /someone/ is working on the NIC though. Later, Micah > Micah wrote: > >> >> >> Graham North wrote: >> >>> It is my understanding that the AMD 64 family supports 32-bit i386 >>> code completely...can someone confirm this. >>> >>> I would like to stay with 32 bit for the time being but run it on a >>> new MB using an AMD64 architecture. Should I therefore be simply >>> installing an i386 iso as though it is on an Intel machine? Will the >>> i386 iso then have full support for AMD specific drivers such as the >>> k8t800? I noticed from this link >>> http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/motherboards.html THAT the the >>> VIA K8T800 and K8T890 seem to be reasonably supported whereas not >>> many other current AMD Northbridges are (note however that this >>> support is for AMD64 iso). >>> >>> Any pearls of wisdom much appreciated. No I do not wish to install as >>> 64 bit at this time... >>> Thanks, Graham/ >>> >> >> You'll probably get a lot of responses on this one. I'm currently >> running the i386 FreeBSD on an Ahtlon 64 as my desktop. I also have >> the 64 bit installed on a seperate partition to experiment with. I >> have an A8V-E mobo that has the K8T890. Works just fine except an >> occasional glitch while booting freezes the system. I've read it's an >> ACPI thing, but since I rarely reboot I've not bothered to disable ACPI. >> >> Later, >> Micah >> >>
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