On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:56:00 +0000, chuckiebrown wrote:

> 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.
[...]
>>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?

Probably one of these:

http://processorfinder.intel.com/det...px?sSpec=SL9QB
http://processorfinder.intel.com/det...px?sSpec=SL9QQ

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