Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:54:34 -0400 From: Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 64-bit? Message-ID: <20080614155433.GB3065@shepherd> In-Reply-To: <4853E895.5030801@cwis.biz> References: <4853E03A.3040307@cwis.biz> <4853E84D.80901@FreeBSD.org> <4853E895.5030801@cwis.biz>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Ryan Coleman <ryan.coleman@cwis.biz> wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: >> Ryan Coleman wrote: >>> I'm full of questions, I know... And I haven't been googling well lately >>> but there seem to be a lot of you with a lot of knowledge and you're >>> willing to share (as am I). >>> >>> This machine is running a D2C E4600 which (as I understand) is a 64-bit >>> cpu, but I'm running fBSD 6.3 which is *not* 64-bit? Might this have >>> anything to do with the crashes? Is there a stable 64-bit version of fBSD >>> I should install? Will it upgrade the 32-bit or should I go from scratch? >> >> 6.3 supports 64-bit amd64-compatible CPUs, and stability is on par with >> the 32-bit version. Besides which, amd64 CPUs are full backwards >> compatible when run in 32-bit mode, so this is not the source of your >> problems. >> >> Kris > > But will it upgrade or do I have to strike the current install and go again? An upgrade may be possible, but a new installation is "recommended". Search the archives at http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-amd64/ for context. -- Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20080614155433.GB3065>