Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 09:39:34 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: mi007@rocketmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD versions Message-ID: <20100104093934.94ec2105.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <460822.31708.qm@web50801.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <460822.31708.qm@web50801.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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In response to Mernoz Rostangi <MI007@rocketmail.com>: > Hi, > > I would like to know if the FreeBSD 8.0 IA64 can be used on 32bit cpu also ? > > If yes, what is the difference between IA64 and x86 versions ? IA64 is a completely different architecture than x86. Think gasoline vs. diesel. x86 and IA64 are not compatible at all. If you were talking about amd64, that's a different story. Most newer CPUs are amd64. All amd64 CPUs can also run a 32bit x86 OS. Some x86 32bit CPUs are also amd64 compat. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/
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