From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 3 22:26:15 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A53716A41F for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 22:26:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D148743D46 for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 22:26:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.222.227] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.51) id 1E0Rgj-0009cW-JJ; Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:26:13 -0600 In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v733) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 16:26:13 -0600 To: Wil Hatfield X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.733) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.161.222.227 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on hobbiton.shire.net); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making the Leap to 5.4 and 64bit 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: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 22:26:15 -0000 On Aug 3, 2005, at 4:21 PM, Wil Hatfield wrote: > Chad, > > So I can kick it down to 32bit. Great to know and I may have to do > that > myself. I will probably give the build a whirl both ways and > compare some > benchmarks. Maybe even all 3 ways as I have some R&D time. > > Any settings I should know about to kick the install down to 32bit? I > suppose 4.11 is native 32bit or do I have to kick that down too on > a 64bit > system? Just use the appropriate install media. The i386 install is automatically a 32bit i386 architecture install (and the machine will run as is) and the amd64 is an AMD64 and EMT64 or whatever the intel version is called install and will install a 64bit version. The 64 bit processors will run in 32bit mode and installing the 32bit OS will do it for you automatically. Chad > > Cheers, > > Wil Hatfield > HyperConX > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Chad Leigh -- > Shire.Net LLC > Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 2:42 PM > To: Wil Hatfield - HyperConX > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Making the Leap to 5.4 and 64bit > > > > On Aug 3, 2005, at 3:22 PM, Wil Hatfield - HyperConX wrote: > > >> First, greetings to the group and nice to meet everyone's >> acquaintance. >> >> We are getting ready to make a big leap to Dual 64bit Xeon machines >> (SuperMicro) and FreeBSD 5.4. We would really have like to stick >> with 4.11 >> but from what I am gathering it certainly doesn't support the 64bit >> processors. >> > > Jut FYI. You should be able to run 4.11 in i386 (32 bit mode) (or > 5.4 in the same mode) if you want. I run dual 64bit opterons > running i386 32bit version of 5.3... If you don't need the 64bit > mode and there are 32bit things that you do require, you may want to > consider it for the time being. > > Chad > > > --- > Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC > Your Web App and Email hosting provider > chad@shire.net > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad@shire.net