[x86-64] Opteron box coming --- what to install?

Alexander Shumakovitch shurik@math.unibas.ch
Sat, 17 May 2003 01:23:14 +0200


On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 04:16:17PM -0700, marc.miller@amd.com wrote:
> AMD expects a lot of users will start off by loading their 32-bit
> operating systems and apps onto their shiny new Opteron box, and when
> things like (in your case) Debian for AMD64 is available, they'll
> upgrade the operating system.  If you want to take advantage of
> Opteron's 64-bit capabilities today in a production environment, a
> vendor-supported OS like SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Mandrake
> Corporate Server, or Turbolinux is the better choice for you.
Thanks for your advice! Unfortunately, we need >4GB memory per process
_now_, so to wait is not an option ;-) I'll look at various
distributions you suggested.

Thanks,

  --- Alexander.