On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 03:33:52PM +0000, Tim Channon wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 01:48:16AM +0000, Tim Channon wrote: > >>Mitchell Laks wrote: > >>>Question 1: > >>> > >>>On one machine I am running a 32 bit debian install on a amd64 bit > >>>machine. > >>>I run 64 bit on another machine, and this one is an older install. > >>>I am running sid. > >>> > >>>Which of these kernels is appropriate? > >>> linux-image-2.6-24-1-486 > >>>linux-image-2.6-24-1-686 > >>>linux-image-2.6-24-1-k7 > >>> > >>>I assume that the kernel by apt-cache show > >>> > >>>linux-image-2.6-24-1-amd64 listed is the 64 bit kernel, which will be > >>>inappropriate for my old 32 bit installation.
You can run a 64-bit kernel to take advantage of CPU features, in a 32-bit userland (i386) install with no problem at all. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
