Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:57:06 +0100 From: "Ebbe Hjorth" <ebbe.hjorth@gmail.com> To: "Pieter Donche" <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0: which distribution Message-ID: <1bd820d80812020457n15f1e6a0s9bd200db05b551f6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0812021347330.9046@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be> References: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0812021323380.8329@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be> <1bd820d80812020437h5bd7266co67c566b386b8873e@mail.gmail.com> <Pine.GSO.4.63.0812021347330.9046@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be>
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2008/12/2 Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be> > On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Ebbe Hjorth wrote: > > Hi, >> All new XEON cpus are 64-bit spo use the 64 bit freebsd version. >> > So this would point to "ia64" distribution? > But clicking op www.freebsd.com/where.html - Hardware notes/View > tells for ia64: Currently supported processors are Itanium and Itanium2 > There nothing about Intel XEON ?? > I never googled it before, but 2 sec gave me http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.0R/hardware.html#PROC-AMD64 So use the amd64 ;) > >> 368 vs 372 is that the 64 bit is compiled for 64 bit, and uses a little >> more >> space. >> > what is "368 vs 372" ?? The size difference you talked about (368 vs 0.372) > >> >> / Ebbe >> >> 2008/12/2 Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be> >> >> If motherboad is Supermicro X7SBE XEON 3000 with 2 Quad core processors >>> Intel Harpertown E 5405 2.0Ghz 12M cache 1333FSB and 4 x 4Gb memory, what >>> distribution of FreeBSD 7.0 applies: i386 or ia64 ? >>> >>> Why are the ISO's so different in size between i386 and ia64 (i386: >>> disc1,2,3: 534, 728, 368Gb; ia64: 449Gb, 0,372 Gb, 0,372 Gb) >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >>> freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >>> >>
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