Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 18:09:47 -0300 From: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: freebsd i386 on amd64 hardware? Message-ID: <20040924210947.GC6597@iib.unsam.edu.ar>
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Hi! I'm planning to buy a new box, and would like to move to amd64 hardware. Now, I'm running FreeBSD-4.10 on i386 right now (Pentium III) and I guess that the switch to both a different architecture and a different branch could be too much (I don't know for sure, but since it is possible I need to take it into account). My question would thus be: is it possible to run 32-bit FreeBSD (4.x) on amd64 hardware? If the answer is yes, perhaps I could go for a dual bootable box (32 bit 4.10 / 64bit 5.3) for a while, until I see how it all goes. Thanks in advance, Fernan PS: I've been reading the list for recommended motherboards and chipsets and probably will be sticking to an MSI with a Via K8T800 chipset. If you have other suggestions I'll be more than glad to hear them. Thanks! -- Fernan Aguero - fernan at iib.unsam.edu.ar Phone: +54 11 4580-7255/7 ext 310, Fax: +54 11 4752-9639 Check http://genoma.unsam.edu.ar/~fernan for more info.
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