Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:54:29 +0800 From: Albert yu <eeycw.albert@gmail.com> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD installing on PC w/ Intel 64bit CPU Message-ID: <7d3594220602131754q2717763cy@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43F08018.8010902@mac.com> References: <7d3594220602130132q2b19c55m@mail.gmail.com> <43F08018.8010902@mac.com>
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opus, Thankyou alot for your help first. Finally i am seeking help from Google to find a PC that is not using 64bit CPU. Seems Dell Dimension 1100 suit my needs. My another concern is do the Intel 865 Chipset have VGA compatiable problem happen on FreeBSD 4.8. Some forum do say so, May I know do another tried to install FreeBSD in Dimension 1100 before ? Thankyou alot for your help again. >From Albert 2006/2/13, Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>: > > Albert yu wrote: > > I have a question on Hardware compatability while installing FreeBSD 4.= 8on > > 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 > -- Have a nice day >From Albert
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