Re: AMD Duron/Athlon processors

[Chris Kloiber <ckloiber rochester rr com>]

The Black Goeroe wrote:
> 
> Thanks alot for that option to the kernel....
> wow and I had searched a mile and didnt find something like it...
> But indeed It seems to work on Duron now...
> FYI: I run a Duron700@853 on a ASUS A7V main board...
> Unbelievable but a get 1.7+ KBogoMips SHEESJ incredible hah? :-)
> I was used to a mere 79....
> 
> Well thx alot ya all...
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Kloiber" <ckloiber@rochester.rr.com>
> To: <guinness-list@redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 7:50 AM
> Subject: Re: AMD Duron/Athlon processors
> 
> > The Black Goeroe wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > Anyone here knows if RH7 is compatible with these processors?
> > > Last one I checked was RH6.2 and it crashed at boot-time after
> install...
> > > Has this issue been solved yet in RH7 ?
> >
> > Sure, not a problem, I run both an older Athlon 550 (Slot-A) and an
> > Athlon 800 (Socket-A).
> >
> > And FYI- to get 6.2 to boot after install, use 'linux x86_serial_no=1'
> > at the lilo prompt. Then add it to the append statement in lilo.conf, or
> > immeiately upgrade teh kernel to 2.2.16-3.
> >
> > Chris Kloiber

Actually, I goofed. its: 'linux x86_serial_nr=1' 
Sorry.

Chris Kloiber