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Jamie Lokier wrote:

>Bill Nottingham wrote:
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>>Red Hat 7.2 may or may not work, I'm not sure we've tried back that far.
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>Why - is there anything at all missing from the AMD64's x86
>compatibility, prior to activating 64 bit mode?
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>Or is it just that it should work, but you haven't tested it?
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How about peripheral compatibility?