Installing FC4 on an AMD X2 machine

[Steve Underwood]

Steve Underwood wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> When I try installing the x86_64 version of FC2 on a machine with an 
> Asus A8N-E motherboard and an AMD X2 4200+ the install seems to go OK. 
> However, when the reboot to the newly created disk begins it seems to 
> get stuck at around the SE Linux setup. At least, the last displayed 
> messages are about SE Linux setup. Are some patches needed to get this 
> to work? I know there are dual core patches in Linux 2.6.12, but it 
> thought those were optimisations, rather than essential things.

It seems this was some compatibility issue with the Matrox 200 PCI video 
card I used. I put an Nvidia 6200 PCI-E card in the box and it works OK now.

Regards,
Steve