Ryan Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: >> Ryan Coleman wrote: >>> I'm full of questions, I know... And I haven't been googling well lately >>> but there seem to be a lot of you with a lot of knowledge and you're >>> willing to share (as am I). >>> >>> This machine is running a D2C E4600 which (as I understand) is a 64-bit >>> cpu, but I'm running fBSD 6.3 which is *not* 64-bit? Might this have >>> anything to do with the crashes? Is there a stable 64-bit version of fBSD >>> I should install? Will it upgrade the 32-bit or should I go from scratch? >> >> 6.3 supports 64-bit amd64-compatible CPUs, and stability is on par with >> the 32-bit version. Besides which, amd64 CPUs are full backwards >> compatible when run in 32-bit mode, so this is not the source of your >> problems. >> >> Kris > > But will it upgrade or do I have to strike the current install and go again?
An upgrade may be possible, but a new installation is "recommended". Search the archives at http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-amd64/ for context. -- Sahil Tandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"