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#1 2009-03-05 03:05:29
- ShinChyn
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[SOLVED] Install Arch on a dual core cpu inside machine ?
I know arch is refined for i686, but I don't know can it run on a dual core cpu inside PC or laptop ? Dual core are the mainstream now.
How about on AMD 3 core cpu ? I am curious about that.
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#2 2009-03-05 03:17:32
- Skripka
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Re: [SOLVED] Install Arch on a dual core cpu inside machine ?
I know arch is refined for i686, but I don't know can it run on a dual core cpu inside PC or laptop ? Dual core are the mainstream now.
How about on AMD 3 core cpu ? I am curious about that.
If you are asking if i686 will work on a many-core processor, sure. It will be only 32-bit, but it will work fine.
Ubuntu is only compiled for i386 and you can run it on a quad core cpu.
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#3 2009-03-05 03:43:05
- ataraxia
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Re: [SOLVED] Install Arch on a dual core cpu inside machine ?
Of course, you can also run 64-bit Arch on such a machine.
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#4 2009-03-05 04:10:19
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Re: [SOLVED] Install Arch on a dual core cpu inside machine ?
just because its dual core, does not make it 64bit capable. core duo for example, is only 32 bit if i remember right, teh core 2 duo is 64bit
but yes, smp support is there for multi core processors, or multi cpu systems which have been around even longer
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#5 2009-03-05 04:41:14
- iBertus
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Re: [SOLVED] Install Arch on a dual core cpu inside machine ?
Running Arch on an octa-core machine currently... no problems.
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#6 2009-03-05 05:35:07
- evilgold
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Re: [SOLVED] Install Arch on a dual core cpu inside machine ?
i686 refers to the type of CPU, it has nothing to do with how many cores it has. You should probably run 64bit arch if you really want to get the full effect from your system, but i686 will also run very well.
also ssl6 is correct core duo (the original, not core2duo) and a few other dual core CPU's out there are not 64-bit, although I'm pretty sure anything from the past year or 2 will be 64-bit, aside from netbooks like the eeePC.
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#7 2009-03-05 10:29:28
- scottuss
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Re: [SOLVED] Install Arch on a dual core cpu inside machine ?
Yep, I've got a Core Duo (not Core2Duo) and it's 32 bit only. Arch i686 runs very nicely on it
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#8 2009-03-06 00:10:07
- cerbie
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Re: [SOLVED] Install Arch on a dual core cpu inside machine ?
Historical bits: multiple i686 CPU cores have been happily running since 1996, with the Pentium Pro (the i686), which was even available in quad. But, at the time, that meant 8 dice for the CPUs.
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