Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64)

2007-10-05 Thread Mario Lobo
On Friday 05 October 2007, Matthew Seaman wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > So, I did an SMP/i386 install. I cannot say I regret it since everything > > runs absolutely smooth and fast here. > > > > On the tecnical side (not practical) was it correct to give up 64 bit > > processing? > > This i

Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64)

2007-10-05 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So, I did an SMP/i386 install. I cannot say I regret it since everything > runs absolutely smooth and fast here. > > On the tecnical side (not practical) was it correct to give up 64 bit > processing? This is a question

Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64)

2007-10-05 Thread mario . lobo
> On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:03:05 + > "Aryeh Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I have more then 4gb and was wondering why it didn't all show up is there anyway to do a in place upgrade (I have a lot of user >> data)... also someone should think about changing the naming on the iso/cpu

Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64)

2007-09-30 Thread RW
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 06:55:15 + "Aryeh Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Second of all in many peoples minds (including mine) > we are used to there being subtle diffs between AMD and intel for the > same class of processor thus would naturally think if it was lableb > amd64 it is for Adva

Re: oops (was Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64))

2007-09-30 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2007-09-30 07:24, Aryeh Friedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > well the procedure *ALMOST* worked turns out that sysinstall > clobbers any unmodified bsdlabels (bug?) Which 'procedure' would that be? You haven't quoted anything from the previous messages, and your mailer hasn't included an

oops (was Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64))

2007-09-30 Thread Aryeh Friedman
well the procedure *ALMOST* worked turns out that sysinstall clobbers any unmodified bsdlabels (bug?) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL P

Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64)

2007-09-29 Thread Aryeh Friedman
On 9/29/07, RW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:03:05 + > "Aryeh Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have more then 4gb and was wondering why it didn't all show up > > is there anyway to do a in place upgrade (I have a lot of user > > data)... also someone should

Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64)

2007-09-29 Thread RW
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:03:05 + "Aryeh Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have more then 4gb and was wondering why it didn't all show up > is there anyway to do a in place upgrade (I have a lot of user > data)... also someone should think about changing the naming on the > iso/cpu typ

Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64)

2007-09-29 Thread Aryeh Friedman
> 2. Install it on a spare disk/partition How do I force sysinstall to only slice and install on the spare partition (don't have a spare disk) --Aryeh ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-quest

Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64)

2007-09-29 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Aryeh Friedman wrote: > Would the following procedure work to do an inplace upgrade: > > 1. Download the amd64 iso > 2. Install it on a spare disk/partition > 3. Do a cvsup on it's /usr/src > 4. Make buildworld/buildkernel 4.5 Install the updated k

Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64)

2007-09-29 Thread Duane Hill
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 at 18:21 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] confabulated: Would the following procedure work to do an inplace upgrade: 1. Download the amd64 iso 2. Install it on a spare disk/partition 3. Do a cvsup on it's /usr/src 4. Make buildworld/buildkernel 5. Mount the x86 disk/partition 6. Cop

Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64)

2007-09-29 Thread Aryeh Friedman
Would the following procedure work to do an inplace upgrade: 1. Download the amd64 iso 2. Install it on a spare disk/partition 3. Do a cvsup on it's /usr/src 4. Make buildworld/buildkernel 5. Mount the x86 disk/partition 6. Copy /usr/obj (and /usr/src for good measure) from the amd partition to th

Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64)

2007-09-29 Thread Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
On 9/29/07, Aryeh Friedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Please don't top-post. Anyway, if you're not seeing all 4G, then you > > are most likely running an i386 kernel/release and not amd64. In order > > to use 4G on a 32-bit (i386) install, you need to include: > > > > options PAE > > I already

Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64)

2007-09-29 Thread Aryeh Friedman
> Please don't top-post. Anyway, if you're not seeing all 4G, then you > are most likely running an i386 kernel/release and not amd64. In order > to use 4G on a 32-bit (i386) install, you need to include: > > options PAE I already tried that and it barfed on a cast in adavsys.c (forget what subdir

Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64)

2007-09-29 Thread Josh Carroll
On 9/29/07, Aryeh Friedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have more then 4gb and was wondering why it didn't all show up > is there anyway to do a in place upgrade (I have a lot of user > data)... also someone should think about changing the naming on the > iso/cpu types since 20 years of indus

Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64)

2007-09-29 Thread Aryeh Friedman
I have more then 4gb and was wondering why it didn't all show up is there anyway to do a in place upgrade (I have a lot of user data)... also someone should think about changing the naming on the iso/cpu types since 20 years of industry experience (15 with FreeBSD) and reading hardware.txt did

Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64)

2007-09-29 Thread Lowell Gilbert
"Aryeh Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Currently I have done a build/installworld build/install/kernel using > a i386 CPUTYPE (w/ SMP and APIC set in the kernel (I am using the > default sys/i386/conf/GENERIC) do I need to change this to amd64 for a > intel duo e6850? (I have had several

what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64)

2007-09-26 Thread Aryeh Friedman
Currently I have done a build/installworld build/install/kernel using a i386 CPUTYPE (w/ SMP and APIC set in the kernel (I am using the default sys/i386/conf/GENERIC) do I need to change this to amd64 for a intel duo e6850? (I have had several seemingly unrelated problems that no one seems to be a