Re: Install i386 or amd64?

["Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724%bellsouth.net@localhost>]

> > Not to argue that i386/PAE is just as functional as amd64, but having an 
> > i386 installation is useful for some applications that only work on 32-bit, 
> > such
> as wine, though I believe there is early development for 64-bit.

> > I want to test and hopefully benefit from MS-Windows functionality, but 
> > this does not bar having amd64 and i386 installations on different (GPT)
> partitions or different drives.

> > I want to do that with FreeBSD (wine) and Linux where I'd have better 
> > chance of success than with NetBSD.

> Tom
        
> FYI no wine on latest FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE amd64
> cd /usr/ports/emulators/wine ; make
>         ===>  wine-1.6.1,1 is only for i386, while you are running amd64.
> cd /usr/ports/emulators/wine-devel ; make
>         ===>  wine-devel-1.7.8,1 is only for i386, while you are running 
> amd64.
        
> Cheers,
> Julian
--
> Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com

I believe there is early development for 64-bit wine, but that comes from 
winehq.org.

Early development is not good enough for productive use or for adding to 
FreeBSD ports.

But i386 wine can be run from amd64 and will run 32-bit but not 64-bit 
MS-Windows apps.

Or does this not work on FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE amd64?

Anyway, my wine installation is to be built on separate i386 installation which 
could be mounted on /compat/i386 when run from amd64.

Tom