Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 00:37:25 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Adriaan de Groot <adridg@cs.kun.nl> Cc: amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FYI, I've switched my primary desktop to AMD64. Message-ID: <20031025073725.GA89176@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <200310221015.37534.adridg@cs.kun.nl> References: <20031022075730.8D01E2A8DA@canning.wemm.org> <200310221015.37534.adridg@cs.kun.nl>
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On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 10:15:37AM +0200, Adriaan de Groot wrote: > Will a regular old 32-bit install of FBSD even boot? YES! That's the whole point of x86-64 ^H^H^HAMD64. Just like your i386 was the fastest 16-bit "8086" ever, the amd64 is the fastest 32-bit "i386" ever. And just like your i386 ran 16-bit MS-DOS just fine, AMD64 runs your 32-bit OS just fine (and 16-bit MS-DOS also). -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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