Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 08:05:37 03/05/05
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On March 05, 2005 at 10:03:06, Frank Phillips wrote: >On March 05, 2005 at 08:17:24, Andrew Williams wrote: > >>On March 05, 2005 at 08:07:43, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >> >>> >>>I'm considering to install Linux on my machine (AMD64) to run alongside Windows >>>(fed up waiting for 64 bit Windows). I see that there are just too many Linux >>>distributions to choose from, and it's very hard to see the forest through the >>>trees. Redhat seems to be the most popular distribution, but I see that it is no >>>longer free. So, what would you recommend (64 bit support is a must of course)? >>>I considered Fedora, SUSE, Mandrake... but frankly I have no idea which one to >>>choose. Any suggestion would be highly appreciated. >> >>Hi Omid, >> >>I've used SUSE for many years. I bought the boxed set of v9.2 professional and >>the installer on the DVD recognized my AMD64 3200 and installed the 64-bit >>version of the Linux kernel for it. It works fine, but I've had problems getting >>things like DVDs to play, as SUSE doesn't include the correct plugin, and most >>plugins you find on the net are 32-bit. I think you can get a SUSE Live CD from >>the internet and try it out without committing to buying or even installing it >>on your disk. >> >>Andrew > > >Andrew > >Any SATA drives working with SUSE? I am having difficulties with SATA on a Asus >K8V (VIA southbridge controller rather than Promise) and Mandrake 10.1 x86_64 >rc1. > >Frank Sorry, I don't know. I don't have SATA. Andrew
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