64 bit linux

[Richard R. Sivernell]

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:54:35 -0600
Mike Reinehr <cmr at amsent.com> wrote:

> On Saturday 20 November 2004 06:33 pm, Richard R. Sivernell wrote:
> > On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 12:09:39 -0600
> >
> >
> > Thanks Mike, I will look into the link you passed, what mobo are you using,
> > how much ram memory. I want al lest 250 mg hd and 2 - 4 g memory. I do like
> > asus, but need to ck if asus has a mobo that is Linux ready. This will be
> > the last big upgrade for a while, my wife only allows this every 3 or 4
> > years.
> >
> > cheers
> 
>  I've been using Tyan for servers and Asus for workstations. This one is a 
> Tyan S2882G3NR ( a dual socket 940 board but I'm using only a single Opteron 
> 240), 1GB of RAM & 4 160GB SATA drives. (I don't remember, off the top of my 
> head, what the maximum is, but it's a lot more than 1GB.)
> 
>  I used the Debian From Scratch method described in the howto and had only two 
> problems. For some reason hotplug was not recognizing the imbedded network 
> interfaces during the boot-up, but that was fixed easily. It took a little 
> longer for me to get the SATA drives working, but they're working just fine, 
> now. (Again, I can't remember the details, but I think moving to the 2.6.x 
> kernel solved the problem.)
> 
> Mike
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Mike

   Great info, I am just getting started at getting info as to what I really want
to do.. Which is better the amd64 or amdOpteron?

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Rick Sivernell
Dallas, Texas  75287
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