problems with ia64

[Chuck Swiger]

On May 13, 2008, at 4:04 PM, Christian J. Wong Cruz wrote:
> Hello, I'm trying to download the ia64 distribution CDs from
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ia64/ISO-IMAGES/7.0/ and  
> the list
> is
> [ ... ]
> if you look at the disc 2 and 3, the size is 364K is it ok?. I'd  
> like to
> install freebsd in a intel core 2 duo. Should I instal this ia64?

Why, no.  ia64 is for the Itanium processor line which uses a  
different architecture and is not compatible with the standard x86 32- 
bit or 64-bit platforms.  What you want instead is the amd64 platform,  
which is known as "EM64T" for the Intel Xeon/P4/Core/Core2 chips:

   http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/7.0R/hardware.html#PROC-AMD64

   ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/7.0/

Regards,
-- 
-Chuck