Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:02:21 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: congrlations to the freebsd developers Message-ID: <473FFF9D.4090203@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071118084013.GC83139@kobe.laptop> References: <473F250F.2030903@gmail.com> <20071117.164853.1221560804.imp@bsdimp.com> <473F7EE7.4080405@gmail.com> <20071118000233.GA5820@kobe.laptop> <473FB515.5080907@gmail.com> <20071118084013.GC83139@kobe.laptop>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2007-11-17 22:44, "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: >> Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>> On 2007-11-17 18:53, "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> M. Warner Losh wrote: >>>>> You can run FreeBSD/i386 on amd64 boxes. >>>> All the different methods people have suggested to me for doing >>>> this has blown up.... also since I use a nvidia card it is almost >>>> pointless unless I can run the nvidia kernel module. >>> That's odd. >>> >>> The laptop I'm typing this is amd64-capable, but installing from >>> the FreeBSD/i386 release CD-ROMs worked like a charm. Which >>> methods have you tried? >> With 4GB and a E6850 (P35/IHC9(R)) almost all the pci devices I had >> where reconized *EXCEPT* any nvdidia card under i386 this was >> instantly "fixed" as soon I switched to amd64. > > Sorry, but I can barely parse the sentence above. Do you mean that you > _did_ installl i386, but it had issues? Yes to starting with i386 and moving to amd64 - -- Aryeh M. Friedman Developer, not business, friendly http://www.flosoft-systems.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHP/+cJ9+1V27SttsRArb1AJ9+Pl9C65JhoqhV5glmjwHkkd8GsgCffS0j gbEGChReJu0q45ylY0/EncM= =C+3c -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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