Re: [CentOS] difference in x86 64 bit centos between 4.x and 5.xversions

2009-01-30 Thread Morten Torstensen
RobertH wrote: > is there a reason to stay with the older version other than for specific > deprecated hardware issues or something else? No, IMO. If you install a new system then install CentOS 5. Version 5 is so old by now that all major applications should be supported there. The usual YMMV a

Re: [CentOS] difference in x86 64 bit centos between 4.x and 5.xversions

2009-01-29 Thread RobertH
> > My opinion is to first determine a few issues. > > How much RAM will it need? If over 3GB of physical RAM, > consider 64 bit. > Are there third party applications you need to run on it? If they are > 64 bit, that answers the question too. If 32 bit, are they > supported on 64 bit OS? D