[CentOS] CentOS 64 on AMD 64 4600x2

Wed Jan 4 14:41:24 UTC 2006
Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org>

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On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 02:11:24AM -0600, Brandon wrote:
> Hello you brilliant minds,
> 
>             I am in need of some (probably basic) information concerning CentOS
> and the new dual core 64 bit systems.  I realize that Linux was inherently
> built for multiple processor systems, as well as 64 bit systems.  My first
> question is AMD doing anything special with doing all of the above on one chip
> that I need to know about before installing CentOS on my newest system? 

Nope.

>  Also,
> my motherboard being a a8n32-sli has SATA II and RAID capabilities.  Is there
> anything special about the SATA II that I need to set up to use the full
> capabilities of this hardware and CentOS.  Any information would be better than
> what I have at the moment.

SATA II should work without problems.

Your motherboard doesn't have RAID. RAID for it is implemented by
software, using a proprietary driver. The difference is that on
Linux you can implement softraid without need of any specific
drivers.

Best Regards,

- -- 
Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org>
"Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
"Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)

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