I just got a AMD Duron 700 and installed Mandrake 7.1 with no major
problems. it runs fine and seems to be very stable. I upgraded the
kernel immediately to 2.2.16-9mdk, Only slight problem I had was with
the onboard sound on the motherboard (epox socketA), but the alsa
drivers took care of that.
-Byron
Jason Pierce wrote:
> Hello Robert. An AMD K6-2 will have no problems.
>An AMD K7 Athlon Slot A(from 500mHz to 700, I think) there
>will be no problems. However, if you use an AMD K7 Athlon Thunderbird(newer
>athlons, 600mHz and up, I think, made for Socket A, but adaptable to Slot A
>Will have some(easily correctable, I have heard) problems. Will be detected
>as a PIII at install and PIII kernel will be used. you will have to reboot
>and use a rescue disk to install the 386 kernel. I have heard that the
>new kernels correctly support the Athlon Thunderbirds though. I don't know
>about the new Durons, but suspect that since they are also Socket A,
>will have to do the same as for the Athlon Thunderbirds.
>
>
> Hope this helps you, Jason Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
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> R>I'm in the market for a new machine . . . . and I am seriously considering
> R>the AMD chip . . . .
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> R>Could anyone point me to references which show pros and cons of each with
> R>Linux, Windows, etc?
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> R>Thanks in advance. . . .
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