On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 22:42:29 +0100, Frank van der Linden
<fvdl@netbsd.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 08:30:45AM +1100, Rowdy wrote:
> > In the README at the above site, it notes:
> >
> > The following architectures will boot directly from CD-ROM:
> >
> >     alpha, cats, i386, macppc, pmax, sparc, sparc64, sun2, sun3, vax
> >
> > Not amd64?!?!?!
> 
> That information is obviously outdated.. amd64 has always booted just
> fine from CD-ROM.

I booted from the amd64 iso as well.

I think some hardware needs something set in the bios depending on if
you are booting 32 or 64 bit? Sounds weird but I think that's what I
read...

Andy