From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 14 16:02:30 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 B4040106567B for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:02:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ryan.coleman@cwis.biz) Received: from mail.skiltech.com (bunning.skiltech.com [65.36.251.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86F358FC0C for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:02:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ryan.coleman@cwis.biz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.skiltech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7A7725BEDC for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:02:29 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at skiltech.com Received: from mail.skiltech.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bunning.skiltech.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id n2V7QXFFBw1K for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:02:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (c-75-73-67-167.hsd1.mn.comcast.net [75.73.67.167]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.skiltech.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 76B7225BED4 for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:02:26 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4853EB91.5000800@cwis.biz> Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:02:25 -0500 From: Ryan Coleman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4853E03A.3040307@cwis.biz> <4853E84D.80901@FreeBSD.org> <4853E895.5030801@cwis.biz> <20080614155433.GB3065@shepherd> In-Reply-To: <20080614155433.GB3065@shepherd> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: 64-bit? [Thanks!] 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: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:02:30 -0000 Thanks everyone! I'm going to do a fresh install to a new drive that I am picking up in an hour or so from a local retailer. -- Ryan Sahil Tandon wrote: > 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. > >