Michael E. Webster wrote: > The other day I read the article from AnandTech.com discussing and > comparing the EM64T Xeon from Intel and the Athlon64 from AMD. > > http://www.anandtech.com/linux/showdoc.aspx?i=2158 > > > What caught my attention is that Fedora Core 2 refused to install on the > IA32e machine because there was no recognized AMD CPU. > > Not having any experience whatsoever with either 64-bit processor, my > question is whether anyone has been able to get FC2 installed / working > with these. Oh yeah, and is it stable? I'm running FC-2 on a Targa (Lidl) machine with an AMD Athlon64 CPU (specs below), and I've had no problems whatever. My impression is that it runs in 32-bit mode unless instructed to the contrary. I compiled linux-2.6.7 with the AMD64 option, and that too worked without problem. In fact of the 5 machines in my study at the moment, it is the only one that ran FC-2 without problem. (Two Sony Picturebooks with Crusoe CPUs were very painful, a SCSI-only PIII was quite painful, and a PII was very long-winded.) =============================================== Model: Targa Visionary AV64 II 3200+ PC Case: Midi Tower full-size ATX Software: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition OEM Microsoft Works Suite 2004 Pinnacle Studio 8 ATI Version Nero 6 OEM Suite Norton AntiVirus OEM DivX Codec HD Recovery Tool Processor: AMD Athlon64 3200+ with HyperTransport 512 KB L2 Cache and QuantiSpeed architecture works as 2200MHz Motherboard: Asus K8V-F (Targa Edition) VIA K8T800 Chipset technology 5 x PCI, 1 x AGP, 2 x DIMM upgradeable to max 2GB DDR-RAM, 2 x EIDE Memory: 512 MB DDR-RAM PC 3200 (400MHz) upgradeable to max 2GB DDR-RAM Hard Disk Drive: 250GB Maxtor with 7200rpm CD-ROM/DVD: Samsung DVD-ROM 16 x DVD, 48 x CD-ROM LG Multiformat DVD writer and CD writer Read: 12 x DVD-ROM, 32 x CD-ROM Write: 8 x DVD+R, 8 x DVD-R, 4 x DVD+RW, 3 x DVD-RAM, 24 x CD-R, 16 x CD-RW Includes burning software Nero OEM Suite Graphics: ATI All-in-Wonder 9600 XT - High-Speed-Edition 128MB DDR-RAM, DirectX 9, AGP 8x TV Tuner, Stereo Radio Tuner, Time Shifting, multi-functional Videotext Sound: Realtek 6 Channel Dolby 5.1; digital sound with digital and analogue output and input connectors Keyboard: Wireless Multimedia keyboard Mouse: Wireless scrtoll mouse Power Supply: 300 watt Fortron Source - PFC Slots: 5 x PCI (3 free) 1 x AGP (8x) Interfaces: Front panel: Targa 9-in-1 Multimedial memory card reader, 2 x USB 2.0, Firewire, S-Video IN, Composite IN, Microphone, Audio IN, Audio OUT Rear panel: 2 x PS/2, parallel, serial, Center and Subwoofer (switchable from microphone) Rear Speaker (switchable from Line-In), Front Speaker (Line-Out), LAN RJ 45 4 x USB 2.0, Line-in, microphone, Firewire 6-pin connector, =============================================== -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
