From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 14 15:54:38 2008 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 CE9A6106564A for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:54:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sahil@tandon.net) Received: from bulwark.hamla.org (bulwark.hamla.org [69.55.228.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B67918FC18 for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:54:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sahil@tandon.net) Received: from localhost (bulwark [69.55.228.210]) by bulwark.hamla.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8647E1CCA8 for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:54:38 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV at bulwark.hamla.org Received: from bulwark.hamla.org ([69.55.228.210]) by localhost (bulwark.hamla.org [69.55.228.210]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id UmYuhYjzaDtR for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:54:36 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:54:34 -0400 From: Sahil Tandon To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080614155433.GB3065@shepherd> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4853E03A.3040307@cwis.biz> <4853E84D.80901@FreeBSD.org> <4853E895.5030801@cwis.biz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4853E895.5030801@cwis.biz> Subject: Re: 64-bit? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:54:38 -0000 Ryan Coleman 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