Re: appropriate 64 bit version?

2008-06-06 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 05:13:16PM -0400, Sean Cavanaugh wrote: > > > > The version is called amd64 because AMD published their spec first. (FYI) > > > > > the thing I have actually wondered is why i386 and amd64 are used as the > naming convention instead of x86 and x86-64 or x64 Just beca

RE: appropriate 64 bit version?

2008-06-06 Thread Sean Cavanaugh
> The version is called amd64 because AMD published their spec first. (FYI) > the thing I have actually wondered is why i386 and amd64 are used as the naming convention instead of x86 and x86-64 or x64 -Sean ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailin

Re: appropriate 64 bit version?

2008-06-06 Thread Bill Moran
Justin Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, I have just purchased a new Dell Server, to run with Plesk. I have > just moved from an Apple XServe and seeing that OS X derived from > FreeBSD, I felt that it was the best choice to start with. My only > dilemma is, I am wanting to run the sy