Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:05:56 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Boris Spirialitious <hardcodeharry@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.x Opteron Question Message-ID: <20050316200556.GA711@gravitas.thebunker.net> In-Reply-To: <20050315165022.34669.qmail@web90203.mail.scd.yahoo.com> References: <20050315165022.34669.qmail@web90203.mail.scd.yahoo.com>
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--J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 08:50:22AM -0800, Boris Spirialitious wrote: > When opteron support start for Freebsd? I have 4.9.=20 > is supported? Or 4.11 better? I can't use 5.x. Well, AMD64 support as a tier-1 platform only came in with 5.x, so you're S.O.L. if you have to use a 4.x release version. =20 =20 > Will a i386 disk boot on opteron system? Can I > use same disk image for intel and amd MBs? Any > big problems? You can generally run AMD64 machines in IA32 mode -- but what would be the point? All you get then is a machine that costs more than an equivalent IA32 box and that probably performs worse. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 8 Dane Court Manor School Rd PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Tilmanstone Tel: +44 1304 617253 Kent, CT14 0JL UK --J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iQCVAwUBQjiRpJr7OpndfbmCAQLufgQAjNXtY3pvmLIHCiDX6aD8GAlfJ4/ddByB SjOZYAB2R0XkdpgCENPd1zq46oCxF4eOVu8+jAzTcHXEispCVfn/KnLs3SfB/3MP 2g5co7VzhqLuVrbNMuCWfohLwTOkpYlq4XRfXJkoVk56bWgWXh9wZFzEJItZ1Tws C4m2XZ5Lek0= =Z8EH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf--
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