Re: Running debian on athlon X2?
On 13/03/06, Steve Juranich <sjuranic@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm looking at getting a new rig, and I've decided that what I *really* want
> is one of those new Athlon64 X2's (cue Homer S. gargling noise).
>
> Since I've been a happy Debian user for over 5 years now, I'd like to stick
> with what I know. But from looking at the web site, I haven't found any
> definitive proof that Debian is compatible with such a system.
>
> Can anybody out there tell me if Debian will, in fact, run on such a system.
> And, if so, are there any special caveats or workarounds that I should be
> awaree of?
>
Works good for me. The only issue I had was one with a 2.6.12 kernel,
and an interrupt timing problem due to the dual core. It was fixed in
a later kernel, 2.6.15 is what I use now and it's perfectly fine.
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