Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:35:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Christopher Joyner <chris27wjoyner@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is it possible to run i386 only, on a amd64 freebsd 7? Message-ID: <857935.56972.qm@web56701.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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Christopher Joyner wrote:
> Is there some way of doing that? Running i386 software on amd64 machine?
"Yes. FreeBSD/amd64 contains a compatibility facility
for i386 binaries. It should just work out of the box,
unless disabled explicitly."
"Best regards
Oliver"
Ok I see, I understand that I am able to run i386 software on my amd64 (Pentium D).
Because of the error message i386 only, how do I make it install?
Do I use a force switch?
I am going to try some things after posting this.
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