I think maybe what he was expecting was a FreeBSD IA64 install on the box, but they installed AMD64 instead
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 4:48 AM, Wojciech Puchar < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> so i'm a bit confused about the the 64 bit and why the machine is >> identifying itself as amd64 and not i686? >> > > because this intel CPU is 64-bit AMD compatible (x86-64 standard). > the rules changed and now intel make AMD-compatible CPUs > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
