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Subject: Re: i386 on AMD64 architecture
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 15:10:35 -0700
From: Graham North <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Micah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Thanks again.
Graphics is not a priority for my desktop applications - as long as it
has something reasonable for desktop apps. I am also happy to use a
standalone NIC for the time being (and have a spare:--)) I am in the
due diligence mode for the hardware at the moment. It is actually
tough finding what I want because ideally my preference would be an matx
form factor to fit in a small case. All the matx boards which I have
looked at so far seem to have k8m800 Northbridge which does not seem to
be well supported in BSD - somebody please put me right if I am
wrong..!! or else nvidia, or sis760 - none of these seem to be solid
with BSD. So that leaves the k8T800 or K8T890.
If someone knows of a good 754 or 939 micro atx board which works well
on Freebsd then please let me know.
I am choosing the 64 architecture because later in its life I hope to
retire this board to a light duty server and would like the Cool 'n
Quiet features of the A64 architecture.
Graham/
Micah wrote:
Graham North wrote:
Thanks Micah!
Which version of FBSD are you using? Your choice of MB looks pretty
solid. Can you recommend a good, supported (and cheap) video card
as the A8V-E does not seem to have video.
Thanks again, Graham/
I'm using 5.4-RELEASE-p7 for the i386 install and 5.4-RELEASE for the
AMD64 install. As for video, no particular recommendation. I have an
ATI X300 SE by MSI. It's a cheap ($60) PCI-EX card. Unfortunately it
has no graphics acceleration under FreeBSD/XORG so I might as well
have bought a cheaper PCI card. :) Other caveats: I've read that the
onboard NIC isn't compatible yet and I haven't tried the onboard wifi
or sata since I don't have any equipment to test them with. I saw
some messages in one of the freebsd lists that indicates /someone/ is
working on the NIC though.
Later,
Micah
Micah wrote:
Graham North wrote:
It is my understanding that the AMD 64 family supports 32-bit i386
code completely...can someone confirm this.
I would like to stay with 32 bit for the time being but run it on a
new MB using an AMD64 architecture. Should I therefore be simply
installing an i386 iso as though it is on an Intel machine? Will
the i386 iso then have full support for AMD specific drivers such
as the k8t800? I noticed from this link
http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/motherboards.html THAT the
the VIA K8T800 and K8T890 seem to be reasonably supported whereas
not many other current AMD Northbridges are (note however that
this support is for AMD64 iso).
Any pearls of wisdom much appreciated. No I do not wish to install
as 64 bit at this time...
Thanks, Graham/
You'll probably get a lot of responses on this one. I'm currently
running the i386 FreeBSD on an Ahtlon 64 as my desktop. I also have
the 64 bit installed on a seperate partition to experiment with. I
have an A8V-E mobo that has the K8T890. Works just fine except an
occasional glitch while booting freezes the system. I've read it's
an ACPI thing, but since I rarely reboot I've not bothered to
disable ACPI.
Later,
Micah
--
Kindness can be infectious - try it.
Graham North
Vancouver, BC
www.soleado.ca
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Graham North
Vancouver, BC
www.soleado.ca
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