I have one of those under my desk at home. Finally switched it off for the last time about 2 months ago.
So yes, you can run 64 bit Gentoo on it just fine. Make the appropriate changes in make.conf and away you go. Just because distro X does not support cpu Y in mode Z does not mean that the compiler doesn't support it. On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 5:15 AM, <mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com> wrote: > Does any body know if it's possible to set up gentoo on a single core 64 > bit athlon, old socket 754? I tried another distro and it said it didn't > support non-smp 64 bit. If not i'll have to put some 32 bit os on it. I'm > planning to use it mostly for a local boot server for os installs or > possibly firewall, maybe eventual honey pot since it is low energy usage. > I know it's not supported by current BSD or windows. Thanks. > > mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) > -- > -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
