On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 06:52:59AM -0800, Michael wrote: > Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > > >On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:25:23 -0800 (PST), j p <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >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.
I am fairly certain that the Sempron (which is AMD's name for their low-end series of CPUs) does not support 64-bit programs or OS. It might be based upon the same core as the Athlon64 CPUs, but that does not mean it is a 64-bit CPU. (The extra stuff needed to support 64-bit instructions is after all a fairly small part of the core.) > > So would I use the amd64 version? No. You should use the i386 version. The AMD CPUs that implement the AMD64 architecture are the Opteron and Athlon 64 (incl. Athlon 64FX ) series. The Athlon, Athlon XP, Athlon MP, Duron, and Sempron do not, but are just normal 32-bit CPUs. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
