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Re: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core and Debian install



Thanks. I'll have a deeper look in this as soon as possible.

Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Jo, 01 iul 10, 15:06:33, Merciadri Luca wrote:
>   
>> Krishna Chandra Prajapati wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> It's true. There is no difference in the installation process of OS
>>> (AMD or Intel).
>>>       
>> Thanks.
>>     
>>> If you are using it for personal purpose i386 is preferred. Other wise
>>> i recommend i686.
>>>       
>> Why (briefly)? (Or give me a pointer.)
>>     
>
> Not sure what Krishna meant, but if you do go for i386 have a look in 
> the package management system for any packages containing 686
> in the name. The description should have more details, but these are 
> usually the same packages optimized for the respective processors and 
> all Pentium Pro or later processors will benefit from it.
>
> You might also want to run the -amd64 kernel, which will give you a 
> mixed system (64bit kernel, 32bit userland).
>
> Regards,
> Andrei
>   


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