[KLUG Members] Athlon/Opteron 64

[Nikolas Reist]

http://www.asus.com/support/download/selectftp.aspx?l1_id=1&l2_id=20&l3_id=1&m_id=1&f_name=378Linux.zip~zaqwedc

Hope this helps

Tim Gray wrote:

>You will not NEED a special version.  The AMD64's run x86 software just fine.
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>You will need to be careful about your drive controllers though.  I have a 
>system with a Via and a Promise RAID SATA controller.  Neither is actually 
>set up to run as a RAID, but I haven't had any luck getting those controllers 
>to work under Linux.  FYI:  It's an ASUS KV8 MOBO.  Other MOBOs with SATA 
>RAID controllers ARE supported under Linux, I just made a bad assumption and 
>chose the wrong board.  My bad.
>
>I have not tried any of the AMD64-specific distros yet.  I have seen that 
>Mandrake, Suse and Fedora each have AMD64 ISOs for their distros, but I 
>haven't bothered to download any and probably won't until I can determine if 
>my drive controllers will be supported.
>
>I've considered forgoing installing Linux on my SATA drives and using the 
>regular IDE controllers just for Linux, leaving the SATA drives for gaming in 
>Windows.  Huge waste of the SATA tech and the drive space, but until I can 
>get those controllers to work, I'm kinda SOL.
>
>On Fri March 12 2004 7:37 am, Nikolas Reist wrote:
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>>Is there a specialized version of RedHat that I will require if I build
>>a system with an AMD 64?
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