Re: What to install on an amd64 machine?

[Alexander Volovics <awol@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 03:50:28PM +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 03:37:20PM +0100, Alexander Volovics wrote:
 
> > - Can you install FC3-i386 on an amd64 machine without problems?
> >   Can the FC3-i386 kernel and drivers handel the hardware without
> >   problems?
 
> Check out the supported hardware list. My Asus A8V Deluxe doesn't seem to run
> into problems (getting FC3 to boot with a mixed PATA/SATA can be tricky, as
> you have to jiggle drive boot priority in BIOS).

Thanks for the reply. But I can't find an official supported hardware
list for FC3 anywhere. Do you know where to find one.
  
> >   Are the i386 versions included for 'compat' reasons, so you can
> >   run i386 apps under FC3-x86_64?
 
> No, if you have x86_64 OS, you need the x86_64 packages. This might be less
> packages, if you're hooked on livna & Co.

Actually I thought there were also i386 packages on the x86_64 install CD's.
I have'nt downloaded and burned iso's yet but I see them when I look
at the download sites under 'os'.
 
> x86_64 has some fresh blood dripping down edge of the blade.
> Most of things work, but you'll see less support when you'll run
> into problems. E.g. you'll have trouble getting 3d acceleration going
> with ATI's binary drivers with newish Radeons.
> I've given up on my 9600, and installed an nVidia instead which
> worked well. I've had build issues with openhbci stuff. Expect lots more
> breakage if you're used to ./configure && make && make install litany.

I will be getting an nvidia video card so I don't expect problems with
3d. And I don't expect the few apps I compile to give to many problems
as I don't do any fancy stuff :)

Thanks, 
Alexander

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