Re: Install i386 or amd64?

[jmitchel%bigjar.com@localhost]

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>> On Jan 31, 2014, at 2:06 AM, Brett Lymn <blymn%internode.on.net@localhost> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 09:44:20PM -0500, jmitchel%bigjar.com@localhost 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I implied nothing of the sort. I asked a question (read my original
post):
>>>
>>>> Not to advocate i386 over amd64, but doesn't NetBSD/i386 support PAE and
>>>> thus can access >2GB of RAM?
>>
>> Roght. Which is, in itself, rather vague.  I was trying to clarify that.
>>
>>> I was hoping that someone would provide helpful information about PAE
>>> support in i386. What I got was cryptic and would have required that I
>>> spend a fair amount of time reading about PAE to actually understand it.
>>
>> Or you could have asked for a better explanation.  What I wrote was a
>> genuine attempt by me to provide some further information about the
>> limitations of PAE.
>>
>>> Usually people here are helpful. You were dismissive and rude.
>>
>> That was not intentional.
>>
>>> I apologize
>>> for responding in kind, but this was the first time I was ever unhappy
>>> that I posted to a NetBSD mailing list.
>>
>> Right, now here is a trick - unless someone is outright abusing you,
>> just assume that they are trying to help and if you find something too
>> cryptic then just ask for clarification.
>>
>> --
>> Brett Lymn
>> Staple Guns: because duct tape doesn't make that KerCHUNK sound - xkcd.com

Sorry for the noise, but I feel the need to genuinely apologize. I took
something that was not-fleshed out and took it as an insult when (it
retrospect) it clearly wasn't and I was quite rude. So, to Brett & Dave,
you have my sincere apologies.

I don't want this thread to be the thing people remember me by if I ask
questions later. I have been somewhat helpful to NetBSD -- I wrote an
install kernel for NetBSD/hpcarm 1.6.2 when that was more than a bit time
consuming and around 750 people downloaded it. So I hope people don't
judge me by that last thread.

Thanks,

Jason M.