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Subject: Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?
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> From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org  Tue Aug  7 02:44:36 2012
> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 09:41:41 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
> To: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org>
> Cc: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?
>
> >> That's the amd64 (64-bit) GENERIC
> >
> > Jason: It looks like you may have installed the 64-bit distribution on your
>
> nonsense. 64-bit distribution doesn't run on 32-bit computer.

*PRECISELY* why the OP is having problems.   He _is_ trying to build amd64
kernel on 34-bit only processor.

Unlike "Wojciech the infallible" people _do_ get things wrong on occasion.