Re: AMD 1 gig + and Linux

["A.Sajjad Zaidi" <sajjad@example.com>]

My Home Machine:

Athlon Thunderbird 900MHz (Socket A)
VIA KT133 Chipset (ASUS)
Promise ATA-100 Controller
Kernel 2.4.4

Works perfectly.

A.Sajjad Zaidi



Glenn Evanish wrote:

> Guys-
>
> I went to Akihabara today planning on upgrading this box to a 1 gig or so
> processor.  On getting down there I seemed to remember that there were
> issues with running Linux on AMD Athlon processors with certain
> motherboards.  So I chickened out and came home and checked Red Hat and
> Mandrake's compatibility lists.
>
> They don't offer much information on Socket A motherboards, I'm afraid.
>
> Is there anyone who could take a minute to say "Hey, no sweat.  I run Red
> Hat on a 1 gig Athlon with Asus XXX board" or "Stay away from the XX board"
> or whatever?  I want to upgrade this machine but it's got to be Linux
> compatible.
>
> I'm not an IT pro so no one else to ask...
>
> TIA,
>
> Glenn Evanish
>
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