From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Mar 22 15:55:18 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0339AD9345 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:55:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tomek.cedro@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x22e.google.com (mail-wm0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::22e]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7A6D562 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:55:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tomek.cedro@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x22e.google.com with SMTP id p65so198819039wmp.1 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2016 08:55:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc; bh=IkQOUOdeQ9+UslSbcvfRxr3Pk+j5nuHpN6Urm1LwcnU=; b=GU9NXt8/jQujovV4X4muGwO18OeXdilm+dVRx6CbQJcQb5a8GTyy7H1l2BVSc1XJdQ Xw0UURfIlMQYf9RtVJxslT/CQMDYOwEgsL+H6uRchR8oD4btSzI9kYnZ+WkgCAW3eynj RxoHPAk/uc2wmPPUJXKLrpxJw7jL4SaIsE/0vID0G3OJLkwCUALRCesN9PkFn+bPalGn nWyMv9FegDWjLqxjDgGmyIz4rGUpDGx7Ou0WS2vgsGhuUj7nn+ELhXKwwLMOqdKpMZxR d3fw2Z3T1ogXdyiRUB/xe9mwStYGjgJ0FyyVfmuKfv8bYpNHnUWaJi5E8Dcu9VrsX7eb 18iQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc; bh=IkQOUOdeQ9+UslSbcvfRxr3Pk+j5nuHpN6Urm1LwcnU=; b=cyuVq12Cvi2FRiMJvhbk/pAXYcxZKhjIwH0k0PI1EzCI3ndnSwH1E6kXdiul2+cbtN W0qsL12WwnMmpteIOjhYuEWnxWz7K96gdXKkhBbnYXG6Xx6hrST4xr5O9297yVZ6ZrEo zbv4FEx0LEXPkawtTl1aiN/LYLa+SgsPtvMQTt58k6lkDQXZnsX6yKBRDgWZWN1cDK9X DvjpZbpRHpNzfKni3p/pQd45fBM0CSsQYx1IrQsdKd7ny6ejZg9BZmG4sCl13g8Ib3iV WGQqxNoeUWa9yciyFgNPUMbct7gu486EbgwM8Flj013k2XEl0p7aQfgWuM3UHGj7Jgxu 1MnQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJKDmyJdOteJAJAb4O+BNMGcmLkJsV6fLkU85mobkipdd/s4fesKT4TVUjzSxBlW26rftwVQwESou5mHJw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.28.11.69 with SMTP id 66mr21401167wml.103.1458662116564; Tue, 22 Mar 2016 08:55:16 -0700 (PDT) Sender: tomek.cedro@gmail.com Received: by 10.28.72.84 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Mar 2016 08:55:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 16:55:16 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: mPOlfs2yPUSSBHiUoFO3hq5KB9c Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD i386 on AMD64 From: CeDeROM To: Teng Zhang Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:55:19 -0000 On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 4:37 PM, Teng Zhang wrote: > hello,everybody , i want to know whether it's possible to run FreeBSD > i386(non UEFI)on AMD64 platform(my machine is Thinkpad T420, includes UEFI) > or not. Could you please tell me? This will work, no problem, except for standard i386 limitations like RAM amount and disk sizes.. FreeBSD (maybe only AMD64) can also overcome some i386/BIOS limitations like disk size even when booted with no UEFI capable hardware :-) Tomek -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info