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Date:      Mon, 13 Feb 2006 07:48:24 -0500
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Albert yu <eeycw.albert@gmail.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD installing on PC w/ Intel 64bit CPU
Message-ID:  <43F08018.8010902@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <7d3594220602130132q2b19c55m@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <7d3594220602130132q2b19c55m@mail.gmail.com>

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Albert yu wrote:
> I have a question on Hardware compatability while installing FreeBSD 4.8 on
> some newly built PCs.
> May I know is FreeBSD version 4.8 support Intel 64bit CPU w/ 915GV chipset
> Motherboard ?

I think the answer is no, I believe 64-bit support was added around 5.2.1:

http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/motherboards.html

> As I am gonna run some programs that can only be installed on version 4.8.
> And i am worrying the OS version do not work on this configuration.

You should try to obtain newer programs.  4.8 isn't supported.

-- 
-Chuck



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