Am 08.05.2011 02:33, schrieb Robert Clipsham: > On 08/05/2011 01:05, Nick Sabalausky wrote: >>> You won't be able to run the resulting binary of course. >> >> Aww, shucks ;) There go my plans of a software-based CPU upgrade! > > Check out QEMU, it will let you run a virtualized 64 bit operating > system on 32 bit hardware, same for arm and a number of other cpu > architectures. It's been a while since I used it, could do what you want > though. I believe there's an extras package for it if you're on Ubuntu > which adds a load of architectures if it's not available by default. > Also make sure to get the kvm package if your hardware supports it, > it'll give a significant speed boost. >
If his hardware supports KVM, it has 64bit support anyway (at least for x86/amd64) ;)