From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 9 20:18:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E01C910656CC for ; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 20:18:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from darryl@osborne-ind.com) Received: from biz42.inmotionhosting.com (biz42.inmotionhosting.com [74.124.198.62]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0DBE8FC18 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 20:18:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from darryl@osborne-ind.com) Received: from [24.225.23.245] (helo=Europa) by biz42.inmotionhosting.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LglvH-0003QW-I7; Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:18:03 -0700 From: "Darryl Hoar" To: "'Erik Trulsson'" , "'Michael Powell'" References: <006001c9a0d3$9d61b660$d8252320$@com> <20090309163201.GA89070@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <20090309195702.GA90033@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20090309195702.GA90033@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 15:20:49 -0500 Message-ID: <008c01c9a0f4$8b530cf0$a1f926d0$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: Acmg8UfdlDCiXBpAS02ez1V+erBEhAAArKIg Content-Language: en-us X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - biz42.inmotionhosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - osborne-ind.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Which install ? 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: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:18:10 -0000 To: Michael Powell Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which install ? 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. > Erik Trulsson > ertr1013@student.uu.se After looking at the referenced wiki and my system, I believe I have a supermicro SuperServer 6012L-6. It has (2) Xeon 512K L2 "Prestonia" processors. They are Installed in a P4DLR+ motherboard which has 603 pin sockets. >From this, I believe I should install the i386 version of Freebsd. Do I have to do anything to enable multi-processors in Freebsd ? _______________________________________________ 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" No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.9/1989 - Release Date: 03/09/09 07:14:00