From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 2 14:57:20 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F0D91065672 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2009 14:57:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 136478FC14 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2009 14:57:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from flosoft.no-ip.biz (ool-435559b8.dyn.optonline.net [67.85.89.184]) by mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0KEG00C2O1JG0KV0@mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:57:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from flosoft.no-ip.biz (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by flosoft.no-ip.biz (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n12EvCAh085527; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:57:13 -0500 Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:57:12 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" In-reply-to: <"20090202154016.5fd0a5a3.cyb."@gmx.net> To: Andreas Rudisch <"cyb."@gmx.net> Message-id: <498709C8.1090106@gmail.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <769541.13800.qm@web52112.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <"20090202154016.5fd0a5a3.cyb."@gmx.net> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090201) Cc: ipfreak@yahoo.com, freebsd general questions Subject: Re: intel 64-bit version? 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: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:57:20 -0000 Andreas Rudisch wrote: > On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 06:24:35 -0800 (PST) > gahn wrote: > > >> What is the image for intel 64-bit version of freebsd? i have xeon machine and would like to install freebsd on it. >> > > You can use 7.1-RELEASE-i386 (32bit) or 7.1-RELEASE-amd64 (64bit) > depending on whether or not you are going to run 64 bit software or > want to use more than 4GB of RAM. > > Andreas > -- > GnuPG key : 0x2A573565 | http://www.gnupg.org/howtos/de/ > Fingerprint: 925D 2089 0BF9 8DE5 9166 33BB F0FD CD37 2A57 3565 > It is a little more complicated... i386 also supports >4GB with the PAE kernel option... it is frequently better to use this then to use amd64 because (a decreasing I hope) number of ports do not compile and/or work properly on amd64... for example if your using the machine as a GUI desktop *AND* you have a nvidia video card you get almost 10 times better performence with i386 because amd64 has a hard time reconizing PCI cards installed "above" the 4gb limit (the phsycial addr is above RAM)