Re: [TCLUG:22519] Athlon and Linux

["Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>]

No problems, except since you need to buy a new mainboard anyway, you should
upgrade to a Socket A instead of a Slot A.  The CPU will be a little cheaper
and the board has a better upgrade path.  Socket A goes beyond the 1 Gig
level and Slot A is limited to 1 Gig.  I just upgraded my board to the ABIT
KA7-100 (Slot A) because I intended to keep using my old Athlon 600, which
was slot A.  I have been using it with Linux and FreeBSD for over a year
without a problem.

Tom Veldhouse
veldy@veldy.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Opp" <cop7586@hotmail.com>
To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 9:15 PM
Subject: [TCLUG:22519] Athlon and Linux


>
>
> I have been thinking about adding some more horsepower to my linux box.
> Upgrade from a k6-2 400 to a whopping 900Mhz Athon slot A.... Has there
been
> problems running these motherboards and CPUs with Linux? It's kinda funny,
I
> hardly use my windows box anymore. Maybe I should change it over to
> linux....
>
>
> Chris Opp
> Building Block Computers
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