From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 6 17:25:54 2006 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 5387B16A412 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 17:25:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from plathrop@squaretrade.com) Received: from mail.squaretrade.com (backup-mx.squaretrade.com [64.56.206.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67DF243D49 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 17:25:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from plathrop@squaretrade.com) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mail.squaretrade.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2A6527A4C64; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 10:25:52 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at squaretrade.com Received: from mail.squaretrade.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (knockout.prod.squaretrade.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id DwZ6ntYkA-Uv; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 10:25:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.10.80.7] (unknown [10.7.0.66]) by mail.squaretrade.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAB9627A4C5C; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 10:25:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <452691C5.9090907@squaretrade.com> Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:26:29 -0700 From: Paul Lathrop User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chuck Swiger References: <45254F1D.5000106@squaretrade.com> <45255976.10903@squaretrade.com> <9AEC0B71-516A-444F-B9A3-927CC37EBF07@mac.com> <45268D83.6030100@squaretrade.com> In-Reply-To: <45268D83.6030100@squaretrade.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PAE tuning 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: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 17:25:54 -0000 Paul Lathrop wrote: > Chuck Swiger wrote: >> Oh, yes, one more thought-- your specific application, i.e. a large >> database, is one where running in 64-bit mode is highly likely to >> result in improved performance compared with running the OS in 32-bit >> mode. If you've got a AMD64 or EM64T capable CPU, consider >> installing the 64-bit version of FreeBSD instead of the normal 32-bit >> x86 version. >> >> ---Chuck > Chuck, > > I've heard this idea a few times in answer to my question. Is there a > 64 bit Intel distro I'm missing? I saw someone suggesting I use the > AMD64 version, but when I attempt to boot that from the install disk I > get some debugging output and a message saying "BTX halted" - I > suspect that means I can't follow that suggestion... > > Thanks again for all your help! I figured it out - this is an older Xeon processor apparently - 32 bit. Sorry for the cluelessness - I'm a bit behind the times when it comes to hardware. Regards, Paul