On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:37:06 +0200, Christian Barthel wrote: > I don't understand why you have chosen AMD64? You only have 2 GB memory, > which can be adressed under i386 too and you can avoid a lot of > problems.
Reason: The i386 platform is obsoleted, and there will be less and less targets to install on. Furthermore, I though it would be good to use AMD64 because if the CPU. I know the ridiculous amount of 2 GB RAM is rather small. :-) > Today, I am not quite sure about AMD64 because with PAE ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension#FreeBSD), > you have a far better opportunity to address memory above 4 GB. With the present and upcoming problems, I currently really consider reinstalling the whole system. It's not _that_ problematic as it is sufficiently fast. It's also a nice learning experience. You _can't_ imagine the amount of things that stopped working. :-) > All in all, your system, your rules ;) My system, my mistakes. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
