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Date:      Sat, 04 Jun 2005 21:01:54 -0600
From:      Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
To:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: AMD64 Disc 1
Message-ID:  <42A26B22.9040206@samsco.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050605022333.GA26993@dragon.NUXI.org>
References:  <20050604163642.O67665@zoraida.natserv.net> <20050605022333.GA26993@dragon.NUXI.org>

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David O'Brien wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 06:19:23PM -0400, Francisco Reyes wrote:
> 
>>Although my first attempt at installing AMD64 failed because the vendor 
>>sent me the wrong motherboard I was wondering.. does the AMD64 install 
>>looks any different than the i386?
> 
> 
> Not really - during the installation they both use sysinstall.  If you
> mount disc1 and look at the contents they will also be about the same.
> 
> You can extract a file from "base" and then file(1) it to determine which
> platform a CD is for.
> 

/boot/kernel/kernel on the CD will also be distinguishable, as will
/stand/sysinstall.

Scott



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