From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 30 12:06:07 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0E6316A4D0 for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 12:06:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from root.org (root.org [67.118.192.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7927043D46 for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 12:06:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: (qmail 98904 invoked by uid 1000); 30 Dec 2003 20:06:06 -0000 Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 12:06:06 -0800 (PST) From: Nate Lawson To: Mobasher Sobhan In-Reply-To: <20031230200147.96141.qmail@web41511.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20031230120424.Y98869@root.org> References: <20031230200147.96141.qmail@web41511.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which architecture? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 20:06:07 -0000 This message is more suited for freebsd-questions@ On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Mobasher Sobhan wrote: > I'm a rookie with FreeBSD. I'm confused by which > platform of freebsd could be installed on various IBM > compatible/windows boxes. I have one pc with AMD > Athlon 2GHz and another running on Pentium III. I > assumed i386 (because of "x86"), but when I clicked on > a link on a link "i386" under platforms supported, it > took me to something "Samba" or something related. > Should I get it from "ISO-IMAGES-amd64" directory in > the ftp instead? Or is that for AMD's more advanced > server processors? Install the i386 version of FreeBSD for all ia32 boxes, including Intel, AMD, Cyrix. The amd64 arch is for the new 64 bit Opterons (i.e. FX64). -Nate