64 bit linux on Intel T9600

Stephen W. Clarke stephenc-wtWqQT8woy8 at public.gmane.org
Thu Jun 18 19:41:09 UTC 2009


Jamon,

Thanks that link was very useful.

Stephen


On Thu, June 18, 2009 15:44, Jamon Camisso wrote:
> Stephen W. Clarke wrote:
>
>> I just came into possession of a Toshiba Tecra S10 laptop. I'd like to
>> try and run a 64 bit version of Linux on it but it appears that the
>> Intel 64
>> architecture on the T9600 may make this a challenge.
>>
>> Will a distro made for amd64 work? or am I stuck with running a 32 bit
>> distro?
>
> Any x86_64 (or amd64 in Debian & derivatives land) will work with a core
> 2 duo. Don't worry about Intel's attempt at branding 64 bit as their own
> invention.
> (http://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.htm
> l#id250846 http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2003/08/msg00031.html)
>
>
> Jamon
>
>
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