Gentoo Archives: gentoo-server

From:	kashani <kashani-list@××××××××.net>
To:	gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-server] ia64 vs amd64 on Dell PowerEdge 2950
Date:	Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:44:37
Message-Id:	`450B0FBF.10607@badapple.net`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-server] ia64 vs amd64 on Dell PowerEdge 2950 by Peter Abrahamsen

1	Peter Abrahamsen wrote:
2	> Hi all,
3	>
4	> If I stick a 2006.1 ia64 disc in my shiny new PE 2950, it doesn't even
5	> get a boot prompt. but amd64 works just fine. Does anyone else think
6	> this is strange?
7	>
8	> I'm not much of a hardware person, so, you know, I welcome illumination.
9	>
10	> Thanks, P
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12	ia64 is Itanium known as ia64 and not x86_64. amd64 is x86_64, aka EMT64
13	in the case of your Intel Xeons, which is what your 2950 contains.
14
15	kashani
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