Re: which one of the systems is best for my

From: Brooks Davis (brooks_at_one-eyed-alien.net)
Date: 01/20/04

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To: "dkouroun@mailbox.gr" <dkouroun@mailbox.gr>

    [This would have been better to ask on -questions or -hardware.]

    On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 10:24:18PM +0200, dkouroun@mailbox.gr wrote:
    > Dear sirs,
    > Thank you for giving us for free the FreeBSD OS. It is a great relief
    > haveing an OS for free! I would like to ask you since I am a newbie
    > which is the Operating system which suits best for an Opteron dual
    > box?
    > Is it
    > FreeBSD AMD64 or
    > FreeBSD IA64?

    FreeBSD AMD64 or i386 will run on an Opteron. IA64 will definatly not.

    > Can somebody install FreeBSD i386 on an Opteron Dual Box?

    Yes. This will be a good choice in many cases because third-party app
    support is still better. Hopefully this will change by 5.3 or so.

    > How much memory do those systems support?

    In i386 4GB unless there is PAE support (I'm not sure). With amd64,
    more then existing motherboards support.

    > Are they compatible with OpenMP and MPI ?

    Both of the opensource MPI implementations work fine and have ports
    (MPICH and LAM-MPI.) I don't know of a free OpenMP implemenation with
    FreeBSD support, but I haven't looked either.

    > Is there any Linux alternative to FreeBSD for 64bit OS (SuSe or
    > RedHat) which one would you suggested?

    Neither. This is a FreeBSD list. :-)

    -- Brooks 

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