i386 with PAE or AMD64 on PowerEdge with 4G RAM

[Bert JW Regeer]

On Jun 21, 2007, at 6:24 PM, Julian H. Stacey wrote:

> =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= wrote:
>> Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu at FreeBSD.org> writes:
>>> Like I said, I don't run 64-bit OSes because I prefer compatibility.
>>> Believe me, the instant you run into some quirky problem with  
>>> either the
>>> kernel or any of its subsystems, or a third-party program (from  
>>> ports or
>>> otherwise), the first thing you'll be told is "it works for me on  
>>> i386,
>>> have you tried i386?"
>>
>> Absolute nonsense.  FreeBSD is just as solid on amd64 as on i386, and
>
> A while back I reverted my AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
> (2010.06-MHz 686-class CPU) from 64 to 32 bit, 'cos of bad ports.
> ls /var/db/pkg | wc -l # 536 Not that I use them all, they just
> accumulate.  FreeBSD is as solid as damp cement on many old laptops
> ( http://berklix.org/~jhs/hardware/laptops/ ) ie doesn't install  
> beyond
> 4.11.  No time for ports pain as well as base install failures.

Eh? I would like to contest this statement. I own several old  
Thinkpads, an Toshiba Portege and NONE of them have had any problems  
what so ever. My Toshiba is running -CURRENT without any issues what  
so ever. Damp cement? WTH?

>
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