On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 12:19:24AM +0100, Jorn Argelo wrote: > On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 23:05:37 +0100, Albert Shih wrote > > Hi all > > > > My news computer just arrive ;-) The cpu is a AMD 64 FX 55. > > > > I've try to install FreeBSD 53-amd64 but the hard drive is SATA and the > > boot hang when he detect the drive. > > > > The install work with FreeBSD 53-i386. > > > > I think i can, with many effort, find a another DD with IDE > > interface, but my question is : If I install amd64 version where is > > the difference between i386 ? Well I forgot to say : I'm not > > programer, i'm just use : vi, mozilla, tex... Whit this very > > standard applications (and I think this application is not re-write > > to use 64 bits cpu) are there some difference betwen 386 version and > > amd64 ? > > Well, some things that are keeping me from the AMD64 version of FreeBSD is > the > lack of support for several programs. Including cvsup, and I don't know any > other way to sync the ports-tree or the kernel sources. But that was with 5.2. > 1. I am not sure if FreeBSD still lacks cvsup.
Not for months now. Kris
pgppMakFjXQdK.pgp
Description: PGP signature
