AMD- XP

[Jeremy Faulkner]

Michael wrote:
> Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:25:23 -0800 (PST), j p <jayncali61 at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> i have a AMD XP 2200 chip. what version of freebsd i need to download.
>>
>>
>>
>> You want the i386 distribution.  The Athlon XP is still only a 32-bit
>> processor, so the amd64 is unusable.
>>
> I'm thinking about installing 5.3 on box with an AMD Sempron 2800.  I 
> think (?) that the Sempron is based on a 64-bit core.
> 
> So would I use the amd64 version?
> 
> Mike

The i386 release will work and will run fast, but if you want to use 
64-bit enhancements you'll need the amd64 port.

-- 
Jeremy Faulkner	<gldisater at gldis.ca>
Resume:	http://www.gldis.ca/gldisater/resume.html