OT: Upgrade feasibility, to AMD64/5.x.x or to stay i386/4.9 on AMD64 hardware?

2004-10-18 Thread Communications Machine
Hey all, looking to upgrade a server used in a small business here, looking for opinions and advice about migrating to an AMD64 system, vs. using i386 box, also if it would not be just as feasible to use i386 distribution on AMD64 hardware simply for the speed? Here's what we've got now, and have

Re: OT: Upgrade feasibility, to AMD64/5.x.x or to stay i386/4.9 on AMD64 hardware?

2004-10-18 Thread Eirik Øverby
Hoi there, I don't see any problems, except . On 18. Oct 2004, at 21:19, Communications Machine wrote: Hey all, looking to upgrade a server used in a small business here, looking for opinions and advice about migrating to an AMD64 system, vs. using i386 box, also if it would not be just as f

Re: OT: Upgrade feasibility, to AMD64/5.x.x or to stay i386/4.9 on AMD64 hardware?

2004-10-18 Thread David O'Brien
On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 10:07:44PM +0200, Eirik ?verby wrote: > >Hey all, looking to upgrade a server used in a small business here, > >looking for opinions and advice about migrating to an AMD64 system, > >vs. using i386 box, also if it would not be just as feasible to use > >i386 distribution on

Re: OT: Upgrade feasibility, to AMD64/5.x.x or to stay i386/4.9 on AMD64 hardware?

2004-10-18 Thread Francois Tigeot
On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 03:19:40PM -0400, Communications Machine wrote: > > Here's what we're proposing for the new hardware: > > AMD Athlon64 - 3200+ (Socket 754 - I know, but it's cheap) > MSI K8T-FSR (VIA Chipset) > 2048MB DDR400 Non-ECC RAM In my experience trying to put more than 1GB RAM in

Re: OT: Upgrade feasibility, to AMD64/5.x.x or to stay i386/4.9 on AMD64 hardware?

2004-10-18 Thread Lars Tunkrans
Francois Tigeot wrote: On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 03:19:40PM -0400, Communications Machine wrote: Here's what we're proposing for the new hardware: AMD Athlon64 - 3200+ (Socket 754 - I know, but it's cheap) MSI K8T-FSR (VIA Chipset) 2048MB DDR400 Non-ECC RAM In my experience trying to put more than 1

Re: OT: Upgrade feasibility, to AMD64/5.x.x or to stay i386/4.9 on AMD64 hardware?

2004-10-18 Thread David O'Brien
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 12:01:21AM +0200, Francois Tigeot wrote: > > Here's what we're proposing for the new hardware: > > > > AMD Athlon64 - 3200+ (Socket 754 - I know, but it's cheap) > > MSI K8T-FSR (VIA Chipset) > > 2048MB DDR400 Non-ECC RAM > > In my experience trying to put more than 1GB RA

Re: OT: Upgrade feasibility, to AMD64/5.x.x or to stay i386/4.9 on AMD64 hardware?

2004-10-18 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >>>Here's what we're proposing for the new hardware: >>> >>>AMD Athlon64 - 3200+ (Socket 754 - I know, but it's cheap) >>>MSI K8T-FSR (VIA Chipset) >>>2048MB DDR400 Non-ECC RAM >> >> >>In my experience trying to put more than 1GB RAM in a socket-754 >>mainboard >>is asking for troub

Re: OT: Upgrade feasibility, to AMD64/5.x.x or to stay i386/4.9 on AMD64 hardware?

2004-10-18 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Oct 18, 2004, at 2:07 PM, Eirik Øverby wrote: Adaptec AAC-2410SA 4-Port S-ATA RAID Controller This one is gonna be tricky on you, I think. Should work fine. I was using a 2200S, which uses the same aac driver under 5-CURRENT on amd64 a while back before I downgraded to i386 version. And I ha

Re: OT: Upgrade feasibility, to AMD64/5.x.x or to stay i386/4.9 on AMD64 hardware?

2004-10-19 Thread Eirik Oeverby
On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 00:57 -0600, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > On Oct 18, 2004, at 2:07 PM, Eirik Øverby wrote: > > >> Adaptec AAC-2410SA 4-Port S-ATA RAID Controller > > > > This one is gonna be tricky on you, I think. > > Should work fine. I was using a 2200S, which uses the same aac

Re: OT: Upgrade feasibility, to AMD64/5.x.x or to stay i386/4.9 on AMD64 hardware?

2004-10-19 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Oct 19, 2004, at 2:17 AM, Eirik Oeverby wrote: On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 00:57 -0600, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: On Oct 18, 2004, at 2:07 PM, Eirik Øverby wrote: Adaptec AAC-2410SA 4-Port S-ATA RAID Controller This one is gonna be tricky on you, I think. Should work fine. I was using a 2200

Re: OT: Upgrade feasibility, to AMD64/5.x.x or to stay i386/4.9 on AMD64 hardware? (sources?)

2004-10-18 Thread Communications Machine
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