Re: AMD 64 Dual Core questions

2006-09-01 Thread Brad Sims
On Friday 01 September 2006 2:36 am, Margiolas Christos wrote: > But if you > want the 32bit debian I suggest you to use the k7 version of kernel because > the x86 can't recognize the dual core of the cpu... Really, 686-smp doesn't see it? Athlon64's are /both/ 686 and k7's in that they support a

Re: AMD 64 Dual Core questions

2006-09-01 Thread Brad Sims
On Friday 01 September 2006 1:43 am, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Yesterday's paper had a Fry's add for an ECS C51GM-M MB and An Athlon 64 X2 > 4200+ Dual Core CPU for $199.98. >   >  First, does anyone know anything about this board?  Will it run under linux? I dunno, I use a Asus A8N-E (nForce4 ultra

Re: AMD 64 Dual Core questions

2006-09-01 Thread Andrew Schulman
> Next, assuming there are no compatability problems with th MB or CPU, can I > just replace the MB, add appropriate memory, connect my old HD with Sarge and > Etch as mentioned above, and expect the system to boot? Certainly, it will > not see the dual cores and it would be running in 32 bit

Re: AMD 64 Dual Core questions

2006-09-01 Thread Margiolas Christos
I bought before some weeks a laptop with an amd turion x2 cpu. That cpu is dual core and of course 64bit. I tested the laptop with debian etch 32bit and etch 64bit. The cpu works in both architectures amazing good. But if you want the 32bit debian I suggest you to use the k7 version of kernel becau

Re: AMD 64 Dual Core questions

2006-09-01 Thread Hans du Plooy
On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 23:43 -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Yesterday's paper had a Fry's add for an ECS C51GM-M MB and An Athlon > 64 X2 4200+ Dual Core CPU for $199.98. > > First, does anyone know anything about this board? Will it run under > linux? Not this particular one, but I've seen linux bo

AMD 64 Dual Core questions

2006-08-31 Thread Marc Shapiro
The MB on my primary box just died and I am going to have to replace it.  The old MB has/had an Athlon 2400+ CPU in it.  The box was running Sarge (kernel 2.6.8).  I had also just installed Etch (kernel 2.6.16) in a seperate set of LVM partitions. Yesterday's paper had a Fry's add for an ECS C51GM