"Jan Schubert" <Jan.Schubert@GMX.li> wrote in message
news:bqgejd$22j6kg$1@ID-2265.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Just wondering if any amd64 user is stepping here through. I'm just
> interested in hearing user stories, keep contact and solve some small
> problems.
>
> Owning my amd64 running on an asus k8v for 3 days and it's amazing,
> Can't believe to have lived without this box in the last decade. It's
> sooo fast, i still can't imagine.
> BTW: may any P4HT user may post some emerge times?
> These are mines (using "-O2 -pipe"):
> - gcc: 14 mins
> - XFfree: 22 mins
>
> Still having some sound issues on my asus k8v. Anyone got the via
> hardware to beep (no error, everything seems ok, sound unmuted, just no
> sound - tested oss and alsa, bios speech works)?
>
> Is there is there any special (64bit) application whith wich i can
> impress my friends and show them the power of the k8? Mentioning the
> very short compile times is very impressive but you can't really "see"
> something...



I have finally got mine dual Opteron (Opteron 240-1.4 GHz) running.

Well, practically. More or less everything works now, except audio. If
anyone got it working on Tyan K8W, I would like to know. Also, Midnight
Commander is blocked at the moment. Shame...

I hope things in the amd64 world clear up a bit soon, although its fine even
now. Dual Opteron, which is only decent in Windows 2000, under Gentoo really
flies.

I'm really glad that bought that two machines, even though software
instalation and machine configuration took me more than a week. It sounded
so simple. Take hard disks etc from old machines, insert them into new
machines and install Windoze, Linux etc What can go wrong with that ? ;o)


Ehh, no mater. Speed and stability of the tandem are really worth the effort
)

Regards,


Branko