Re: FreeBSD 7.0: which distribution

2008-12-02 Thread Ebbe Hjorth
2008/12/2 Pieter Donche [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Ebbe Hjorth wrote: Hi, All new XEON cpus are 64-bit spo use the 64 bit freebsd version. So this would point to ia64 distribution? But clicking op www.freebsd.com/where.html - Hardware notes/View tells for ia64: Currently

Re: FreeBSD 7.0: which distribution

2008-12-02 Thread Ebbe Hjorth
Hi, All new XEON cpus are 64-bit spo use the 64 bit freebsd version. 368 vs 372 is that the 64 bit is compiled for 64 bit, and uses a little more space. / Ebbe 2008/12/2 Pieter Donche [EMAIL PROTECTED] If motherboad is Supermicro X7SBE XEON 3000 with 2 Quad core processors Intel Harpertown

Re: FreeBSD 7.0: which distribution

2008-12-02 Thread Pieter Donche
On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Ebbe Hjorth wrote: 2008/12/2 Pieter Donche [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Ebbe Hjorth wrote: Hi, All new XEON cpus are 64-bit spo use the 64 bit freebsd version. I never googled it before, but 2 sec gave me

Re: FreeBSD 7.0: which distribution

2008-12-02 Thread Wojciech Puchar
So use the amd64 ;) Is the amd64 distribution mature enough, as compared to the i386? yes Aren't there any problems to be expected to arrive, months after initial install and way in the production usage ?? no. the only reason that people use FreeBSD/i386 on 64-bit processors is that some

Re: FreeBSD 7.0: which distribution

2008-12-02 Thread Pieter Donche
On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Wojciech Puchar wrote: the only reason that people use FreeBSD/i386 on 64-bit processors is that some binary-only drivers are only availaboe for i386. what kind of drivers would be missing for the amd64 distribution ??? ___

Re: FreeBSD 7.0: which distribution

2008-12-02 Thread Wojciech Puchar
If motherboad is Supermicro X7SBE XEON 3000 with 2 Quad core processors Intel Harpertown E 5405 2.0Ghz 12M cache 1333FSB and 4 x 4Gb memory, what distribution of FreeBSD 7.0 applies: i386 or ia64 ? Why are the ISO's so different in size between i386 and ia64 (i386: disc1,2,3: 534, 728, 368Gb;

RE: FreeBSD 7.0: which distribution

2008-12-02 Thread Johan Hendriks
the only reason that people use FreeBSD/i386 on 64-bit processors is that some binary-only drivers are only availaboe for i386. what kind of drivers would be missing for the amd64 distribution ??? Nvidia!!! Regards, Johan Hendriks No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG -

Nvidia (Re: FreeBSD 7.0: which distribution)

2008-12-02 Thread Ott Köstner
Johan Hendriks wrote: the only reason that people use FreeBSD/i386 on 64-bit processors is that some binary-only drivers are only availaboe for i386. what kind of drivers would be missing for the amd64 distribution ??? Nvidia!!! I am one ot these folks, using 32-bit FreeBSD

Nvidia (Re: FreeBSD 7.0: which distribution)

2008-12-02 Thread Robert Huff
=?windows-1250?Q?Ott_K=F6stner?= writes: I am one ot these folks, using 32-bit FreeBSD on my desktop, just because of Nvidia drivers. Wanted to ask, maybe somebody here knows, is there any hope to expect 64 bit Nvidia drivers in some reasonable future? What is the problem with

Re: Nvidia (Re: FreeBSD 7.0: which distribution)

2008-12-02 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Nvidia drivers. Wanted to ask, maybe somebody here knows, is there any hope to expect 64 bit Nvidia drivers in some reasonable future? What is the problem with Nvidia? Why they do not provide 64 bit drivers? because there are not enough pressure from clients? (by not buying them)

Re: FreeBSD 7.0: which distribution

2008-12-02 Thread Pieter Donche
On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Ebbe Hjorth wrote: Hi, All new XEON cpus are 64-bit spo use the 64 bit freebsd version. So this would point to ia64 distribution? But clicking op www.freebsd.com/where.html - Hardware notes/View tells for ia64: Currently supported processors are Itanium and Itanium2 There

RE: Nvidia (Re: FreeBSD 7.0: which distribution)

2008-12-02 Thread Johan Hendriks
Nvidia drivers. Wanted to ask, maybe somebody here knows, is there any hope to expect 64 bit Nvidia drivers in some reasonable future? What is the problem with Nvidia? Why they do not provide 64 bit drivers? because there are not enough pressure from clients? (by not buying them) They

Re: FreeBSD 7.0: which distribution

2008-12-02 Thread Valentin Bud
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Johan Hendriks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the only reason that people use FreeBSD/i386 on 64-bit processors is that some binary-only drivers are only availaboe for i386. what kind of drivers would be missing for the amd64 distribution ??? Nvidia!!! No Nvidia

Re: FreeBSD 7.0: which distribution

2008-12-02 Thread Wojciech Puchar
My box is a web/mail/vpn/router/samba (yes i know there shouldn't be that many services on the box, but tell my boss that) and all the apps are working like a charm. his money his problem. overspending on hardware it's quite common, instead of paying more employees with the same money.

Re: FreeBSD 7.0: which distribution

2008-12-02 Thread Matthew Seaman
Pieter Donche wrote: On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Ebbe Hjorth wrote: Hi, All new XEON cpus are 64-bit spo use the 64 bit freebsd version. So this would point to ia64 distribution? But clicking op www.freebsd.com/where.html - Hardware notes/View tells for ia64: Currently supported processors are

Re: FreeBSD 7.0: which distribution

2008-12-02 Thread Matthew Seaman
Pieter Donche wrote: On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Ebbe Hjorth wrote: Hi, All new XEON cpus are 64-bit spo use the 64 bit freebsd version. So this would point to ia64 distribution? But clicking op www.freebsd.com/where.html - Hardware notes/View tells for ia64: Currently supported processors are

Re: FreeBSD 7.0: which distribution

2008-12-02 Thread Matthew Seaman
Pieter Donche wrote: On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Ebbe Hjorth wrote: Hi, All new XEON cpus are 64-bit spo use the 64 bit freebsd version. So this would point to ia64 distribution? But clicking op www.freebsd.com/where.html - Hardware notes/View tells for ia64: Currently supported processors are