From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 21 20:03:10 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6887916A400 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:03:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from questions@totaldiver.net) Received: from mail.totaldiver.net (fl-209-26-20-205.sta.embarqhsd.net [209.26.20.205]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1094D13C48E for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:03:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from questions@totaldiver.net) Received: from WRKSTN210.totaldiver.net (router.tegogroup.com [71.122.228.226]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.totaldiver.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61EABB84D for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:03:07 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <7.0.1.0.0.20070221150254.01b28fc8@totaldiver.net> Message-Id: <7.0.1.0.0.20070221145925.01ae5918@totaldiver.net> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:03:03 -0500 To: questions@freebsd.org From: Jeff Palmer Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Cc: Subject: Re: 64-bits platform question 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, 21 Feb 2007 20:03:10 -0000 At 02:35 PM 2/21/2007, you wrote: >Hi list, as far as I know Intel 64 architecture (formerly known as >Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology, or Intel EM64T) enables 64-bit >computing on desktop when combined with supporting software. If I am >right, 64-bit computing (on Intel architecture) requires a computer >system with a processor, chipset, BIOS, operating system, device >drivers and applications enabled for Intel EM64T architecture. So I >bought an ASUS P4P800-VM with a 3.0GHz processor that supports Intel >EM64T and 1Gb of Infineon PC3200 RAM memory. The system is ok...so >why I can't install BSD 64 bits with my system ??? > >Any clues, thanks in advance. You've given us no indication as to what errors you are getting. It appears by the motherboard specs (that I looked up) you probably need to be trying FreeBSD/amd64. Feel free to try that (I've noticed a lot of people misunderstand the i386/amd64/ia64 names, and try to install ia64 on the wrong hardware) If that doesn't resolve the issue, please give us something to work with. P.S. for the record, I hate the architecture names amd64/ia64 ;)