[openbeos] Re: Dual-core processors and BeOS?
- From: "Stephan Assmus" <superstippi@xxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:54:06 +0100
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Datum: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 05:45:57 GMT
Von: "Thomas Winwood" <ketsuban@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Betreff: [openbeos] Dual-core processors and BeOS?
> I am curious to know how people have fared getting BeOS to work on the
> recent dual-core systems appearing on the market, particularly the Core
> Duo and Core 2 Duo chips.
>
> My reason for asking is I am planning on a major upgrade to my
> computing in the not-so-distant future, and wish to know what my best
> options are. Money is not a particularly big problem, so long as I can
> get hold of the parts required in the UK.
>
> It seems like the choice is between paying an awful lot for something
> like a dual-P3 system (which would at least guarantee hardware
> compatibility, but would do me no favours in terms of forward
> compatibility - I'm going to want to take advantage of technologies
> Haiku supports better than R5 did) and paying an awful lot for a dual-
> core or dual-dual-core system.
The thing that gave me the most trouble with those new systems was always the
IDE controller. SATA is a problem, but sometimes you can configure it for
"compatibility" mode. I tested with one system (ASUS P5B if remember correctly,
Core 2 Duo E6400)... Haiku ran fine, both cores detected, while in IDE
compatibility mode and on a PATA disk. BeOS R5 didn't boot, but ZETA did.
However ZETA gave me huge problems with the hdd access (stalling all the time),
which went away when I switched to a real SATA drive. But Haiku would then not
boot anymore. Don't know if this was taken care of by Marcus' SATA driver yet.
HTH,
-Stephan
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