On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:47:58 +0100, "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net>
wrote:

>chuckiebrown@example.com wrote:
>> Used to run Xandros 3.0 on another computer. Now upgraded to Intel
>> dual core with Foxconn mobo and Xandros hangs on install. Tried to
>> install the trial version of Xandros - no better luck. The live
>> PCLinuxOS CD will not run. Does anyone know if there is a problem
>> loading Linux distros on a dual core system? The only distro that
>> runs a live CD that I have found is Simply Mepis, but there seems to
>> be a lot of unfavorable reviews for that one.
>
>Much depends on what dual core cpu from intel you have, IA64 or EM64T, if you
>have an IA64 then you have a lot less options to pick from, while the EMT64T
>will work with i386, i486, i586, i686 and AMD64 distros.
>
>Sometimes you may have to turn off some features in the kernel, even if you
>don't use RedHat, thise options works the same way
>http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/e...-bootopts.html
>
>Always try to have as recent kernel as possible, you can find more out about
>which kernel is used in which distribution by visiting www.distrowatch.com
>
>With the huge amount of information we have got, it's not possible to give any
>better answer.

Thanks for that information. I am not too knowledgable about
computer internals - but does D945 look like a promising CPU number?