i386 on AMD64 architecture
Micah
micahjon at ywave.com
Sun Sep 25 14:37:56 PDT 2005
Graham North wrote:
> Thanks Micah!
>
> Which version of FBSD are you using? Your choice of MB looks pretty
> solid. Can you recommend a good, supported (and cheap) video card as
> the A8V-E does not seem to have video.
> Thanks again, Graham/
>
I'm using 5.4-RELEASE-p7 for the i386 install and 5.4-RELEASE for the
AMD64 install. As for video, no particular recommendation. I have an
ATI X300 SE by MSI. It's a cheap ($60) PCI-EX card. Unfortunately it
has no graphics acceleration under FreeBSD/XORG so I might as well have
bought a cheaper PCI card. :) Other caveats: I've read that the onboard
NIC isn't compatible yet and I haven't tried the onboard wifi or sata
since I don't have any equipment to test them with. I saw some messages
in one of the freebsd lists that indicates /someone/ is working on the
NIC though.
Later,
Micah
> Micah wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Graham North wrote:
>>
>>> It is my understanding that the AMD 64 family supports 32-bit i386
>>> code completely...can someone confirm this.
>>>
>>> I would like to stay with 32 bit for the time being but run it on a
>>> new MB using an AMD64 architecture. Should I therefore be simply
>>> installing an i386 iso as though it is on an Intel machine? Will the
>>> i386 iso then have full support for AMD specific drivers such as the
>>> k8t800? I noticed from this link
>>> http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/motherboards.html THAT the the
>>> VIA K8T800 and K8T890 seem to be reasonably supported whereas not
>>> many other current AMD Northbridges are (note however that this
>>> support is for AMD64 iso).
>>>
>>> Any pearls of wisdom much appreciated. No I do not wish to install as
>>> 64 bit at this time...
>>> Thanks, Graham/
>>>
>>
>> You'll probably get a lot of responses on this one. I'm currently
>> running the i386 FreeBSD on an Ahtlon 64 as my desktop. I also have
>> the 64 bit installed on a seperate partition to experiment with. I
>> have an A8V-E mobo that has the K8T890. Works just fine except an
>> occasional glitch while booting freezes the system. I've read it's an
>> ACPI thing, but since I rarely reboot I've not bothered to disable ACPI.
>>
>> Later,
>> Micah
>>
>>
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