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permalink · #1 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 05:46 AM

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...

Thx,
Jan

permalink · #2 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 05:46 AM

On 2003-12-01, Jan Schubert <Jan.Schubert@GMX.li> wrote:
> 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.
>

I won't be a user for another week or two, but I do keep tabs on the
AMD64 team (because I'm going to be participating as soon as Nvidia
ships me the box)

Generally speaking, the best way to get info on Gentoo/AMD64 is the
#gentoo-amd64 channel on freenode.

--
Jon Portnoy
avenj/irc.freenode.net #gentoo, irc.oftc.net #cola
Opinions expressed are my own, not those of Gentoo Linux or any
other entity I am associated with unless stated otherwise.

permalink · #3 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 05:46 AM

On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 23:08:52 +0100, Jan Schubert wrote:

> 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
>

That is fast! Here is my dual AMD.

AMD 2x2400MP with 2 GB of memory.

gcc: 26 minutes
xfree: 49 minutes

permalink · #4 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 05:47 AM

see you on the new gentoo-amd64 mailing list :-)

Jan

permalink · #5 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 05:48 AM

"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

permalink · #6 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 05:59 AM

"SIOL" <brankob@avtomatika.com> wrote in
news:QHPzb.6297$2B6.1209276@news.siol.net:

> 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
>

I'm thinking of getting a 64bit (64-x86) system next year (maybe even
dual for SMP) and I've been told that Gentoo is great for running 64bit
and with a good 64bit compiler your can also optimize apps from source
for 64bit. Redmond is taking their sweet time getting a 64-x86 OS out
and never mind the lag we'd have to endure for the native 64bit apps to
be written.

I don't think I'll abandon Windows altogether as it isn't an either/or
situation for me. I've found XPpro/server 2003 to be decent desktop OS
once you address the security issues to keep Redmond from spying on you
after the installation and any updates.

I don't want a dual boot however. I'd prefer removable OS boot HDs and a
large shared internal data HD. How well do fast SATA (37GB WD Rapters)
HDs work in Gentoo? How about SATA RAID arrays?

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