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Date:      Thu, 06 Aug 2015 19:56:45 -0400
From:      Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com>
To:        FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 64bit P4 vs mfsBSD
Message-ID:  <55C3F43D.5050505@sneakertech.com>
In-Reply-To: <8BCBAC22-6B6F-4385-8D0F-ACE59D996FD9@elde.net>
References:  <55C3D434.6030005@sneakertech.com> <8BCBAC22-6B6F-4385-8D0F-ACE59D996FD9@elde.net>

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> If you look up the id from cpuid on ark.intel.com, you should get a
> definitive answer.

Which "cpuid"? Presumably you don't mean Intel's program (as it already 
claims to print out that info).


> Aside from that, a 64bit machine will happily run 32bits FreeBSD, so
> I'd try that first.

That didn't help me with mfsBSD 10.0 i386 though.

> Some older machines can be quite picky about their thumbdrives. I'd
> try 32bits 10.2 RC, on another thumbdrive, and fiddle with BIOS
> settings if it doesn't work.

Hmm, have had problems with this machine not wanting to boot off a 
different thumb drive, but I assumed that if it could get a loader on 
one it was good to go. Maybe I'll try hooking up a usb cd instead (hate 
to waste a cd on a ~30mb image though).



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