Kernel Differences Woes

[Rickey Moore]

On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 23:43 +1000, David Timms wrote:

> Rickey Moore wrote:
> > On Sun, 2006-06-04 at 23:12 -0500, Rod Haper wrote:
> > I'm getting a new Athlon 64 machine this week (finally!!) to replace
> > this ole AMD P3 clunker and I'm darn near seriously worried about
> > installing FC5 to it. Is there a concensus of opinion that FC4 is more
> > solid with Nvidia hardware? I'm getting some good stuff and I have to
> > get into development mode with this machine, for serious... not a
> > play-toy. Any thoughts? Advice? Caveats? Ric
> Download an FC5 iso before you go to the PC shop. Get on friendly terms 
> and get them to show you a machine with same MB/CPU/chipset etc, and do 
> an install there and then. That way you will know for sure.
> Even better use an updated iso (ie fedora-updates up until 1 month ago 
> get installed during the install process).
> 
> Look at reviews of the motherboard you are thinking of getting, and it's 
> current status with linux - before you buy.
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/ for various bits you might want to use.
> 
> Unless of cours, you are a kernel or driver hacker ready for the thrill 
> of hassling the manufacturer to give you any info at all to create a 
> driver from ;)

Not being familiar with 64bit, when it comes time to install, do I just
let the install process do a 64bit install and will 32bit still be
supported? Or, install with 32bit and add 64bit after? I really am
clueless. This will be another learning curve... no problems only
opportunities? <cringe> Ric


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