Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 20:57:02 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Michael Powell <nightrecon@verizon.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which install ? Message-ID: <20090309195702.GA90033@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <gp3ma4$22l$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <006001c9a0d3$9d61b660$d8252320$@com> <20090309163201.GA89070@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <gp3ma4$22l$1@ger.gmane.org>
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On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 02:15:25PM -0400, Michael Powell wrote: > Erik Trulsson wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 11:25:06AM -0500, Darryl Hoar wrote: > >> Greetings, > >> I just purchased an older rack mounted supermicro server. It is running > >> CentOS, but I want to install Freebsd on it. > >> The server has (2) Xeon processors. Which download should I use ? i386 > >> ??? > >> > > > > If it is an older server then i386 is probably the right version to use. > > The recent processors from Intel that use the 'Xeon' name also support > > amd64, but older ones did not. > > > > > > > > > > If memory serves, the first Xeon to be 64 bit was the Nocona. Xeons prior to > that were 32 bit and came in OLGA 603 sockets. In early 2001 they were 1.4 > to 1.7GHz units, and later that year the speeds ramped up. There have been many 'Xeon' processors before that. The first ones were the Pentium II Xeon for Slot 2 and ran at a most impressive 400 MHz. There have been many variants after that using Slot 2, Socket 603, Socket 604, Socket 775, Socket 771, and probably some more socket type which I have missed. The Slot 2 and Socket 603 models do not have 64-bit support. Some of the Socket 604 models have 64-bit support, while I believe all the Socket 775 and Socket 771 models have 64-bit support. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Xeon_microprocessors for what looks like a fairly complete list of them all, which should illustrate fairly well why it is pretty much meaningless to just say that you have a 'Xeon' processor. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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