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On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:13:19 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> I've just done a diff on the 'x86' & 'amd64' versions of the Handbook. |
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> The latter warns against using ReiserFS or Lilo on a 64-bit system, |
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> both of which are my longstanding preferences. |
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> I plan to install the 64-bit version of Gentoo on my new box. |
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> Does anyone have experience or advice to offer in this area ? |
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> (Thanks to those who commented re quad-cores: I plan to get a Core 2 |
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> Duo) |
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I'm running ReiserFS on a Core2Duo system, and used it for three+ years |
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on an Athlon64 box before that, with no problems. I've not tried LiLo on |
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it, but only because I much prefer GRUB. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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All generalizations are false. |
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