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lost amigo Joined: Aug 05, 2007 Posts: 5 Other Topics	Posted May 08, 2008 at 1:33:02 AM Subject: AMD64 Can someone please tell me.... is an Athlon AMD64 considered an i586 or i686? I understand that, in regards to the installation, that this is critical. I am running SMEserver software on an MSI 6702VMS motherboard with an Athlon AMD64 processor 3200+ and I need to run the rescue software from the installation. I am given an option of either i586 rescue, or, SMEi586 Rescue. Can someone tell me what decides this? As well, when I download the .iso, it only gives me the i386 version. Will this run on an AMD64? thank you in advance, Will
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Waxon Joined Apr 02, 2008 Posts: 72 Other Topics	Posted: May 08, 2008 3:01:33 AM Subject: AMD64 The Athlon AMD64 is an i686. It has the same architecture as the Pentium Core Duo. And yes, the i386 iso will run perfectly on the AMD64. [Modified by: Waxon on May 07, 2008 07:02 PM] If it ain't broke, you aren't trying hard enough.
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proopnarine Joined Apr 03, 2008 Posts: 234 Location:San Francisco Other Topics	Posted: May 08, 2008 5:15:14 AM Subject: AMD64 Which distribution are you downloading that gives you a 32-bit iso only? There are some annoyances, particularly with regards to multimedia, with 64-bit versions. But, what you plan to use your computer for should dictate whether you go with a 32-bit or 64-bit install on an AMD64. If you plan to do any heavy computing or numerical programming, then the 64-bit version is definitely the way to go. Take the red pill
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lost amigo Joined Aug 05, 2007 Posts: 5 Other Topics	Posted: May 08, 2008 8:46:08 AM Subject: AMD64 Thank you for the replies, I have downloaded the 7.3 version and, it seems wherever I go to download, there is only the i386 version. Is there a newer version? When my server starts to boot it gives me this: Booting SME Server (2.6.9-67.0.7.EL)
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Shashank Sharma Joined Jan 01, 1970 Posts: 1213 Location:New Delhi, India Other Topics	Posted: May 08, 2008 4:17:27 PM Subject: AMD64 Below are the links for the SME Server wiki and forums and the documentation. The 7.3 is the latest version and apparently they only provide i386 downloads. But you should be able to use that. To use the rescue feature, put in the the installation disk and at the boot prompt type: sme rescue http://wiki.contribs.org/Main_Page http://forums.contribs.org/ http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation Cheers! Coauthor of Beginning Fedora: From Novice to Professional published by Apress. Please follow the Forum Guidelines
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lost amigo Joined Aug 05, 2007 Posts: 5 Other Topics	Posted: May 08, 2008 6:12:38 PM Subject: AMD64 Thanks again Shashank Sharma. I will go with this. In closing, I have had very bad connections with wiki.contribs.org. Their pages take a long time to load and, in most cases I have to close the browser and re-enter the site a few times before I finally get to where I want to go. My question is: Do you experience the same problems? Thank you again... Will
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Shashank Sharma Joined Jan 01, 1970 Posts: 1213 Location:New Delhi, India Other Topics	Posted: May 10, 2008 1:47:40 PM Subject: AMD64 Will, happy to help. And no, I don't have any problems visiting the contribs website. It loads pretty fast for me. Cheers! Coauthor of Beginning Fedora: From Novice to Professional published by Apress. Please follow the Forum Guidelines
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