On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 17:16 +0100, Huijgen, V.B. wrote: > Thank you for your answers about running Fedora 5 or 6 on a Tyan K8QW. > > > Specifically you will need to run FC5 or FC5 x86_64 to use more than > 4GB of RAM properly. > > We want to use the 64 bit version of FC5 or FC6, I forgot to mention > that. > > > Which kernel are you using? and which ones have you tried out? > > We cannot try a kernel on a Tyan system because we are only considering > to buy one, but we usually closely follow the Fedora kernel updates. > > > BTW, considering the price of the machine, I assume this is a > production > > machine - shouldn't you be using RHEL instead? > > We are also considering RHEL but the machine will be used for scientific > research by a group that is always asking for the newest version of > libraries for the software that they develop. > We do not demand that all of the software in the distribution runs > flawlessly, but some basic things such as access to processors, memory, > disks and network should work. > > Vincent > In this case, FC6/x86_64 should suite you just fine. * - Gilboa * Barring some weird kernel bugs ;)
