Re: amd 64 and linux

[Alexander Economou <alexecon@xxxxxxxxx>]

 I would try the 64bit version of debian and slackware instead :P 



On 8/22/05, kaushal <kaushal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> hello list,
>            I have a 64 bit AMD Athlon xp machine with 64 bit Fedora core
> 3 installed .The cds have been purchased as a set of 8 cds including the
> sources.After installation what I find  is:
>                                 1.The machine boots up VERY slowly.
>                                 2.Graphics display the previous windows shutdown screen if I reboot
> from windows.
>                                 3.The machine runs very slow as if it were to be a 386 machine
> although have 256 MB ram (192 for programs and 64 for vga).Can I tune
> any proc entries and improve the performance safely?
>                                 4.Whenever I try to copy a cd from linux it fails everytime
> reporting some kind of seek errors,but the same cd would get copied in
> windows.Is there any default switch to cp which I have to override?
> 
>                                 5.When I shutdown/init 0 the machine  it simply reboots.
>                         I suspect the drivers for my graphics is not
> present.Is it possible?
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> -kaushal.
> 
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