Fedora 11 on Intel Atom N270

[Bill Davidsen]

Paulo Cavalcanti wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Paulo Cavalcanti <promac at gmail.com 
> <mailto:promac at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     I installed Fedora 11 (i686 PAE) on a Philco netbook with an Intel
>     atom N270.
>     However, although everything is running just fine, I was not able to
>     use an x86_64 installer. The message said I needed a 64 bits processor.
>     Therefore, I used the 32 bits fedora DVD from a USB stick.
> 
>     I thought the N270 were 64 bits:
> 
>       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_64#Intel_64_Implementations
> 
>     What is the problem with these little toys?
> 
>     Thanks.
> 
> 
> Never mind. The N270 seems to be really 32 bit.
> 
>  http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_an_Intel_Atom_N270_processor_run_64-bit_applications
> 
> Anyway, everything is running just fine so far, even the Intel driver 
> (knock on wood...)
> 
Perhaps this link http://ark.intel.com/ProductCollection.aspx?familyId=29035 
will be useful.


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