FreeBSD 7 and ESXi

Wojciech Puchar wojtek at wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl
Tue Oct 14 00:56:27 PDT 2008


> you should stay with i386 (if I remember correctly there are no
> working amd64 nVidia drivers).
>
> This won't allow you to use the full 8GB of RAM you have installed,
> though, without building a custom kernel with PAE support (and there are
> known compatibility problems between PAE and certain kernel drivers).
> It's strongly recommended you stick with amd64 if at all possible.

and use cheap (or even free) used diskless computer like 486-pentium as X 
terminal. it will even save electricity by not using these super-ultra-3D 
cards ;)


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