Re: [ILUG-BOM] nstalling x386 linux port on AMD64 PC

On Friday 23 September 2005 14:31, raykar@hathway.com wrote:

I am planning to buy AMD64 based PC within a week.

Can I install linux on it using my ubuntu 5.04 CD (386 port) instead of AMD64 port version? I want to do this because of following-

• AMD64 port may be unstable & may not have drivers for all hardware.
• I want to immediately start working & a less than potential speed

is acceptable.

My new PC configuration is AMD64-3000,MSI RS480M2 motherboard with ATi chipset, 1GB RAM,80 GB SATA HDD.

Yep. There is no problem! AMD64 runs 32bit programs very efficiently. Though, you will be suffering a _tiny_ performance loss while running the 32bit port instead of 64bit. But thats the trade off you need to make inorder to get stability.

BTW you have a nice system but I would really recommend 120GB of HDD. 80GB seems too small now-a-days :P