what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64)

[Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri]

On 9/29/07, Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Please don't top-post. Anyway, if you're not seeing all 4G, then you
> > are most likely running an i386 kernel/release and not amd64. In order
> > to use 4G on a 32-bit (i386) install, you need to include:
> >
> > options PAE
>
> I already tried that and it barfed on a cast in adavsys.c (forget what
> subdir) and no amount of hand editing corrected it (generated file?).
>
> That is why I was asking if a in place upgrade to amd64 native was possible

I think you need to start from the scratch to use AMD64 arch.


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