Fedora on an AMD Athlon 64 (3200+) machine

[Alessandro Brezzi]

Hi,
2006/11/18, Timothy Murphy <tim at birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie>:
> Timothy Murphy wrote:
>
> > I have a Targa desktop with this processor,
> > and I have always had problems installing Fedora x86_64 on it.
> ...
> > I'd be interested to know if anyone has had similar problems
> > with this CPU, or alternatively had no problems installing Fedora.
>
> I asked this some time ago, and as far as I can see
> only got replies from people running the i386 version of Fedora-6.
>
> Yesterday I installed the i386 version on my Athlon 64 machine,
> and it seems to run without any problems at all -
> I compiled kernel-2.6.18.2 in a few seconds,
> whereas trying to compile the same kernel under x86_64
> caused several crashes during the compilation,
> and when it was complete the kernel only ran for a few minutes
> before crashing.
> (I had the experience trying to re-compile the latest Fedora kernel.)
>
> I suppose it is possible that these problems arise from some fault
> in my computer, but it seems much more likely to be a software problem.
>
> So I'll ask again if anyone is happily running the x86_64 version of FC-6
> on an Athlon 64 machine?
>

Yes, I'm happily running FC6 x86_64 on my box Athlon 64 3200+.
No problems with the installer (GUI). I've done a fresh install (my
preferred method for upgrading). The MoBo is an ASUS, graphic card ATI
Radeon, 2GB of DDR. Both NIC, the GigaBit integrated and a RealTek
10/100 are working.

-- 
Alessandro Brezzi