Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:54:45 +0200 From: Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@ant.uni-bremen.de> To: Eric <heli@mikestammer.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, michael graffam <mikegraffam@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Another whirl with FreeBSD Message-ID: <452C8725.3070502@ant.uni-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <452C06C8.10602@mikestammer.com> References: <20061008033805.56892.qmail@web33713.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <452C06C8.10602@mikestammer.com>
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Eric wrote: > michael graffam wrote: >> Hi, my name is Michael and I'm and Open Source addict. >> >> >> Enough with the re-introductions, I guess. >> Essentially, I'd like to hear any opinions regarding >> the 64 bit and 32 bit FreeBSD ports. NDIS support is >> fine on both? >> >> My machine is a Compaq Presario V2000 series, in case >> someone has the same, or similar. > > i heard its better to run the i386 version of BSD on 64 bit machines due > to the overhead, etc. unless you need what the 64 bit version gives you > (addressing more memory, etc). It will work fine (I run both versions), > but i am sure more can be turned up by a quick search of the mailing > list etc. Overhead ?? Would this mean that the 64 bit version will run slower? -- Heinrich Rebehn University of Bremen Physics / Electrical and Electronics Engineering - Department of Telecommunications - Phone : +49/421/218-4664 Fax : -3341
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