On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, Benjamin Ooghe-Tabanou wrote:

> Hi everybody.
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> I'm currently working on porting a software to 64bit machines using=
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> Linux, so I'm planning to install Scientific Linux 5 on a new machine=
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> for that, but before I purchase this new machine, I want to be sure I=
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> can install SL5 successfully on it, and I'm not sure which 64-bit AMD=
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> CPU are correctly handled by the x86_64 version of SL.
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> Dell proposes these CPU:
> for desktops: AMD Athlon=99 64 X2 Dual-Core 3800+ and faster
> and for laptops: AMD Turion^TM 64x2 Dual-Core Mobile technology TL-50=
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> and bigger
> or AMD Turion^TM 64 Mobile technology MK-36 Processor

It is not the CPU that may be a issue but the motherboard chipsets.
Some Nvidia chipsets may have issues.

What chipset is used in your current choices?

-Connie Sieh
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> Did any of you successfully install SL on any of those processors?=
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> Otherwise would you know any detail which would comfort me in choosin=
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> one of these?
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> Thank you very much in advance.
>
> Benjamin Ooghe
> Department of Physics & Astronomy
> The Johns Hopkins University
> 3400 North Charles Street
> Baltimore, MD 21218-2686 USA
>