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[Corbin Bird <corbinbird AT charter.net>]

Vlad,

(Yes, this is my first post on this list.)

I would love to see a updated 64bit install ISO & smgl-archspecs spell. 
I have had severe problems with the update process. As in "wipe the 
drive and start over".

Traced it down to the use of a defunct IDE driver in the ISO kernel and 
a SATA2, AHCI / PATA controller driver in the newer kernels. The old 
driver didn't let / or couldn't read drive geometry on a SATA2 / AHCI 
device. The new driver reads the geometry and can't address the drive 
correctly anymore. Kernel 2.6.39 for example.

It would be nice to see the switch 'HWCLOCKACCESS=' in the 
sysconfig/hwclock file for those who can't run NTP. repeated 'fsck' 
fails / exits can get really annoying...

Suggestions for smgl-archspecs :

I have a 'amdfam10' chip. :)

The 'native 64bit' turns out to compile k8 (Athlon64) code. This is what 
I saw in the output from GCC v4.6.1.

Please correct me if I am wrong .... (x86_64 Generic 64bit archspec)
    Reading the GCC online docs indicates there is no '-march=x86-64' 
or '-march=x86_64' ?
    The correct switch ... '-mtune=generic -m64' or '-mtune=k8 -m64' ?

The disk geometry problem is going to take some 'bang head on wall' time 
to fix / work around. If you need a tester for install(s),or have a 
solution, please let me know.

The community effort is appreciated,
Corbin