gnu/linux on AMD: 64-bit or 32-bit?

[eric235u at newmag.org (D Eric Chadbourne)]

Chris Ball wrote:
>>> On Fri, 19 May 2006 18:04:56 -0400, D Eric Chadbourne said:
> 
>    > Installed FC5 and other than an overly fast clock that i'll fix
>    > this evening i'm quite pleased.
> 
> My desktop (HP a1250n, Athlon X2) had the same problem; it's fixed by a
> newer kernel, or by passing enable_timer_pin_1 to older kernels at boot.
> 
> - Chris.

for my particular situation no_timer_check=0 seems to work for now. 
i'll have to read more.  but this is minor compared to some other 
installs.  FC5 on AMD64 is turning out to be fun.
-- 
- Eric

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