i386 on AMD64 architecture

[Graham North]

Thanks Micah!

Which version of FBSD are you using?   Your choice of MB looks pretty 
solid.   Can you recommend a good, supported (and cheap) video card as 
the A8V-E does not seem to have video.
Thanks again, Graham/


Micah wrote:

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>
> Graham North wrote:
>
>> It is my understanding that the AMD 64 family supports 32-bit i386 
>> code completely...can someone confirm this.
>>
>> I would like to stay with 32 bit for the time being but run it on a 
>> new MB using an AMD64 architecture.  Should I therefore be simply 
>> installing an i386 iso as though it is on an Intel machine? Will the 
>> i386 iso then have full support for AMD specific drivers such as the 
>> k8t800?  I noticed from this link  
>> http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/motherboards.html THAT the the 
>> VIA K8T800 and K8T890 seem to be reasonably supported whereas not 
>> many other current AMD Northbridges are (note however that  this 
>> support is for AMD64 iso).
>>
>> Any pearls of wisdom much appreciated. No I do not wish to install as 
>> 64 bit at this time...
>> Thanks, Graham/
>>
>
> You'll probably get a lot of responses on this one.  I'm currently 
> running the i386 FreeBSD on an Ahtlon 64 as my desktop.  I also have 
> the 64 bit installed on a seperate partition to experiment with.  I 
> have an A8V-E mobo that has the K8T890.  Works just fine except an 
> occasional glitch while booting freezes the system.  I've read it's an 
> ACPI thing, but since I rarely reboot I've not bothered to disable ACPI.
>
> Later,
> Micah
>
>

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Graham North
Vancouver, BC
www.soleado.ca


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