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Subject: Re: 64-bit?
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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?

Easiest thing is to reinstall.  I wouldn't bother until you have fixed 
your hardware though -- you'll just be wasting your time.

Kris