From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DE0E0138330 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2018 02:25:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 85A7CE0A9B; Tue, 9 Jan 2018 02:24:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pmta11.teksavvy.com (pmta11.teksavvy.com [76.10.157.34]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 37255E0A81 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2018 02:24:52 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2F4FAAA81Na/02Ps2tdHgEYgzlmdCeJI?= =?us-ascii?q?oYHjWcBgjQBmQsdEoUQBAIChDVEFAEBAQEBAQEBAQNoKIJrS1kBAQEBAQEjAg1?= =?us-ascii?q?eBjocMwshExIPBSU3ijEQrQQRg02KOwEBCAIhBYQggmmBAoUXgxgYgVhignyCN?= =?us-ascii?q?AWKSIhxkCUCgkGFRI0qjBsah2GNM4sgNiOBUHwIgmcSgkIcggUjNwEBAYpwAQE?= =?us-ascii?q?B?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2F4FAAA81Na/02Ps2tdHgEYgzlmdCeJIoYHjWcBgjQBmQs?= =?us-ascii?q?dEoUQBAIChDVEFAEBAQEBAQEBAQNoKIJrS1kBAQEBAQEjAg1eBjocMwshExIPB?= =?us-ascii?q?SU3ijEQrQQRg02KOwEBCAIhBYQggmmBAoUXgxgYgVhignyCNAWKSIhxkCUCgkG?= =?us-ascii?q?FRI0qjBsah2GNM4sgNiOBUHwIgmcSgkIcggUjNwEBAYpwAQEB?= X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.46,333,1511845200"; d="scan'208";a="17670140" Received: from 107-179-143-77.cpe.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([107.179.143.77]) by smtp.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 08 Jan 2018 17:43:44 -0500 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 08 Jan 2018 17:43:43 -0500 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 17:43:43 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] single core athlon? Message-ID: <20180108224343.GA12653@waltdnes.org> References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.2 (2016-11-26) X-Archives-Salt: 7b013cef-9cca-42a9-bb26-538d3cfbb760 X-Archives-Hash: 7b53da7fb6922d30ada52f6108cbec5d On Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 04:15:57AM +0100, mad.scientist.at.large@tutanota.com wrote > Does any body know if it's possible to set up gentoo on a single core > 64 bit athlon, old socket 754? I tried another distro and it said > it didn't support non-smp 64 bit. If not i'll have to put some 32 > bit os on it. I'm planning to use it mostly for a local boot server > for os installs or possibly firewall, maybe eventual honey pot since > it is low energy usage. I know it's not supported by current BSD > or windows. Thanks. There are "athlons" and then there are "athlons". Check the gcc page https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-6.4.0/gcc/x86-Options.html#x86-Options for an idea of what's what. You need at least the "k8" version. The ultimate way to find out is to download the amd64 minimal install ISO https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Full/Installation#Obtain_the_media and try to boot off it. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications