Will 7-beta amd64 run on the old xeon?

Claus Guttesen kometen at gmail.com
Fri Nov 16 09:50:24 PST 2007


> I have a dual CPU box with two xeon cpus.
> Those are XEON 2.66Ghz 512KB L2 cache,
> 533Mhz bus.
> sSpec Number: SL6GF
> CPUID String: 0F27h
>

They are the first gen. xeon's which lacked emt64 extensions. Comsume
alot of power and somewhat poor performance.

I have a "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf29  Stepping = 9 which only does i386.

-- 
regards
Claus

When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom,
the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner.

Shakespeare


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