amd64

Astrodog astrodog at gmail.com
Sat Nov 27 21:34:42 PST 2004


You can use the one miniinst ISO to get things started if you want. It
appears, at first glance, that that hardware should be alright.


On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 12:47:35 +0800 (CST), T.F. Cheng <tfcheng at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>     I am shopping for new hardware because I want to
> run amd64 of freebsd, but have to say that I am no
> expert. I have gone through mailing list, several
> forums and read articles until I can't read anymore...
> Anyway, I really need some advice about the pieces
> that I am getting.
> Here it goes:
> (1)M-board+CPU combo:Asus A8V Deluxe Via Socket 939
> ATX Motherboard and AMD Athlon 64 3400+ Processor,
> which has:
>     Chipset: VIA K8T800Pro/VT8237
>     Memory: 4 DIMM sockets using 184-pin DDR
>     AGP Support: one 8X/4X AGP slot
>     LAN:Gigabit LAN chip (Marvell 88E8001)
>     Audio: AC '97 Sound CODEC (Realtek)
> (2)RAM: Ultra 512MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory
> (3) Video card: XFX GeForce FX 5200 / 128MB DDR / AGP
> 8X / VGA / TV Out / Video Card
> (sorry, I have posted this on some forums as well)
>      What I would like to know is that if all these
> are supported  , as far as I know, the NIC had given
> trouble but had been solved. And would like to know if
> I can run 32-bit app on it? I think I will need some
> options in kernel. And it seems that this version
> can't be booted from floopy, has to make 3 boot CD,
> right?
> 
> Very much appreciated for any advice, thanks!!
> 
> TFC
> 
> =====
> Best Regards,
> 
> Tsu-Fan Cheng
> 
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