Re: I Need Tips for Building Dual Opteron System
Dear John,
I don't have any experience personally, but a close friend just bought
an AMD64 box. He says that at the moment, biggest problem is that most
binaries are compiled for i386, though 64-bit stuff is slowly coming.
Debian's work-around is to install these applications into a chrooted
environment with i386 libraries.
Gentoo is said to be the most advanced in 64-bit Linux at the moment,
mainly because of its source-based nature.
Of course, you can run everything for i386, you just don't get the full
advantage of the 64-bit chip. Anyway, all these hassles will go away
after time, and is to be expected when you're on the cutting edge of
technology.
regards,
Robert
On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 08:01:13 -0600
John Foster <jfoster@augustmail.com> wrote:
> I am currently doing research for building a new Dual Opteron system.
> Anyone on the list with positive/negative experience in using Linux
> (esp. Debian based) on this type of machine please reply. I am
> concerned about matching up hardware that all works. I plan to use
> this as a server/workstation for personal use and will be doing some
> design/CAD/CAM so huge amounts of memory are needed. I would
> appreciate a list of hardware configurations that you currently have
> working and any suggestions for specefic Debian dist. (yes, even
> commercial) are appreciated. Consider the term "Dream Machine" but
> temper it with real "currently working" technology--
> John Foster
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