AMD- XP
Jeremy Faulkner
gldisater at gldis.ca
Tue Nov 30 07:00:17 PST 2004
Michael wrote:
> Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:25:23 -0800 (PST), j p <jayncali61 at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> i have a AMD XP 2200 chip. what version of freebsd i need to download.
>>
>>
>>
>> You want the i386 distribution. The Athlon XP is still only a 32-bit
>> processor, so the amd64 is unusable.
>>
> I'm thinking about installing 5.3 on box with an AMD Sempron 2800. I
> think (?) that the Sempron is based on a 64-bit core.
>
> So would I use the amd64 version?
>
> Mike
The i386 release will work and will run fast, but if you want to use
64-bit enhancements you'll need the amd64 port.
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