bootloader

Brooks Davis brooks at one-eyed-alien.net
Wed Jan 26 14:55:21 PST 2005


On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 05:50:19PM -0500, Sean wrote:
> I have noticed on bootup the loader states FreeBSD/i386 Bootstrap.
> 
> Is this correct when running the amd64 version of FBSD?

The bootloader for amd64 is the same as the i386 one.  The system starts
in i386 mode for compatability and maintaining two loaders wouldn't
accomplish much.  So yes, I believe it's correct.

-- Brooks

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