[NMLUG] 64-bit SuSE

[sbrowne at ix.netcom.com (Steve Browne)]

On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 10:10:30 -0600, you wrote:

>On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 07:36 -0600, Aaron NMLUG-EV wrote:
>> On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 10:34, Sam Noble wrote:
>> 
>> > I just saw you said ia64 not x86_64, if that's not a typo I have no idea
>> > what the current situation with that is. sorry. There is a directory
>> > ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ia64/ but it seems pretty empty.
>> > Oh well maybe these are good breadcrumbs to get you started.
>> 
>> I may not be that hip on the alphabet soup.
>> These are Intel (Xeon?) processors... dual.
>> NOT AMD.
>> Am I (somewhat) out of luck?
>> 
>>             aaron
>> 
>
>No, I think you're in good shape, new Xeons have 'EMT64' which is just
>Intel-ese for AMD64 so the x86_64 stuff is what you need. If you've got
>access to a dual-layer burner the 9.2 DVD link or the 9.3 bittorrent
>should do the job. Of course who has access to dual-layer DVD burners
>yet. Bah.

Lots of DVD9 burners around, cheap. It's the dual-layer media they're
keeping dear.

Steve
Stephen B. Browne
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