Gentoo Archives: gentoo-server

From: Marcus Assion <assion@××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Gentoo and Xeon CPUs
Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 16:19:51
Message-Id: 4278F370.50707@int.tu-darmstadt.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-server] Gentoo and Xeon CPUs by Joby Walker
1 Hi Jason, hi Joby,
2
3 > Jason Harley
4 > IA64 is not the Intel equivalent of amd64. IA64 is the Itanium line,
5 > which is a completely different 64bit architecture. IIRC the Intel
6 > Xeons are "EM64T". Until there is a specific build for it, I'd just use
7 > the amd64 livecd and stages.
8 >
9 > Joby Walker
10 > The Xeon's were more than likely 'EMT64' which is Intel's implementation
11 > of x86_64 -- as I'm not aware of any Dell server shipping with an
12 > Itanium. The AMD64 Gentoo LiveCD would have worked.
13 >
14 > IA64 and x86_64 are _very_ different architectures.
15 > ./JRH
16 As soon as I'll get the hardware, I'll try it.
17
18 Thanks for your help.
19
20 Yours sincerely,
21 M.Assion
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