From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 21 13: 8: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from Ra.MsState.Edu (Ra.MsState.Edu [130.18.80.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E03DD37B405 for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 13:08:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (aja2@localhost); by Ra.MsState.Edu (8.11.6/8.10.2/ra_1.18) with ESMTP; id fALL7qZ11656 for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 15:07:52 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 15:07:51 -0600 (CST) From: AJ Adams To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: alpha vs i386 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am a newbie with any other operating systems other than Windows. I am tired of using windows. I read an article in PC Magazine, the November issue and saw that FreeBSD is an excellent choice. My question is, what is the difference between alpha and i386? I read the documentations on how to install it...great docs. As of right now, I have download 4.4 iso images (all 5 images) from the i386 folder on ftp2. I hope that is correct when factoring in the components of my computer. Could you please let me know if I am downloading the correct installation? Do I need alpha or i386? My specs are listed below. AMD 650, 751 Chipset mobo. 128 ECC Corsair mem maxtor 20 GB. modem = can you recommend one? i don't have one yet. ethernet card = smc1211 tx and smc 8432T viper v770 AGP 2X/4X SB Live Value creative 52x ide Aopen 20x10x40 CDRW, ide. my OS's are 2000 Professional and XP Professional. I could really use some help...please. Thanks, AJ Adams To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message