ok. May be a noob question, but with a non noob twist.
Just installed my intel s5520sc and spent the day trying to install FreeNAS 11.0u4 in every configuration I can think of (ie bios/uefi, ahci/enhanced and ide, raid card to run my pata that I was previously running the os/ 2x other sata drives and even took the boards bios back to ver.40 and back up to the latest (because apparently there is a major boot block fix or something and I don't know whether it was done by the previous owner.). I do understand that uefi boot may not be compatible with this board even though the bios is that. I have read other posts that say if uefi doesn't work, use bios in install. The next thing I tried was another CD with 9.10 x64 I had previously. It boots only in bios mode install and at the end of the install, it said,'using i386'. I did some light research on i386 vs x64 and other than the obvious we all know, apparently, Linux isn't affected by 32bit boundaries in regard to ram, etc ( I was unaware of this fact. The system is up and running and I am Updating to 11.1 before I import my stuff, because that is the level I was at when I created the pools and I don't want to take any risks.
The system is running (haven't reset yet and updating ATM, so I will test stability before imports).
What is the deficit of i386 compared to x64 and uefi compared to bios. What do I need x64 kernel for, if my ram is registering all of it?? If the system is stable, do I need to waste time trying to push it?
I only have storage pools and intend to play around with VMware stuff. Nothing newer than windows 7, etc. I am going to multi-boot some other stuff, but that is a side issue.
Oh, when I say ,'won't boot', I mean as soon as bioses have finished loading (bios and sas card). There is a flashing cursor and nothing else. I am yet to test other OSes. This is the reason I think incompatibility with uefi install. And before anyone says it, yes, I did disconnect everything but the target install drive including the sas controller card.
To recap questions:
I386 vs x64? What will I miss out on, if anything?
Just installed my intel s5520sc and spent the day trying to install FreeNAS 11.0u4 in every configuration I can think of (ie bios/uefi, ahci/enhanced and ide, raid card to run my pata that I was previously running the os/ 2x other sata drives and even took the boards bios back to ver.40 and back up to the latest (because apparently there is a major boot block fix or something and I don't know whether it was done by the previous owner.). I do understand that uefi boot may not be compatible with this board even though the bios is that. I have read other posts that say if uefi doesn't work, use bios in install. The next thing I tried was another CD with 9.10 x64 I had previously. It boots only in bios mode install and at the end of the install, it said,'using i386'. I did some light research on i386 vs x64 and other than the obvious we all know, apparently, Linux isn't affected by 32bit boundaries in regard to ram, etc ( I was unaware of this fact. The system is up and running and I am Updating to 11.1 before I import my stuff, because that is the level I was at when I created the pools and I don't want to take any risks.
The system is running (haven't reset yet and updating ATM, so I will test stability before imports).
What is the deficit of i386 compared to x64 and uefi compared to bios. What do I need x64 kernel for, if my ram is registering all of it?? If the system is stable, do I need to waste time trying to push it?
I only have storage pools and intend to play around with VMware stuff. Nothing newer than windows 7, etc. I am going to multi-boot some other stuff, but that is a side issue.
Oh, when I say ,'won't boot', I mean as soon as bioses have finished loading (bios and sas card). There is a flashing cursor and nothing else. I am yet to test other OSes. This is the reason I think incompatibility with uefi install. And before anyone says it, yes, I did disconnect everything but the target install drive including the sas controller card.
To recap questions:
I386 vs x64? What will I miss out on, if anything?
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