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From: Dan Noe <dpn@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] ia64 vs amd64 on Dell PowerEdge 2950
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:38:39
Message-Id: 20060915203635.GO14357@colobus.isomerica.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-server] ia64 vs amd64 on Dell PowerEdge 2950 by Peter Abrahamsen
1 On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 01:23:21PM -0700, Peter Abrahamsen wrote:
2 > If I stick a 2006.1 ia64 disc in my shiny new PE 2950, it doesn't even
3 > get a boot prompt. but amd64 works just fine. Does anyone else think
4 > this is strange?
5
6 Does the Dell PowerEdge 2950 have an Itanium? Because if so I am quite
7 surprised. Just because an architecture is 64 bit and released by Intel
8 does not make it IA-64.
9
10 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IA64
11
12 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD64
13
14 -D
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Re: [gentoo-server] ia64 vs amd64 on Dell PowerEdge 2950 Peter Abrahamsen <rainhead@×××××.com>