Re: Best approach for a system that needs desktop apps and 64bit address space

2005-11-01 Thread Robert Isaac
> Hi all, Hello > what would be the best approach? A completely 64-bit OS (Still not an option, but hey...) > Install an ia32 system with 64SMP kernel > or the whole 64 system with ia32 chroot? I'd go with the 64 bit system with a 32 bit chroot, that way you can take advantage of the hardware

Re: Best approach for a system that needs desktop apps and 64bit address space

2005-11-01 Thread pmarc
2005/10/31, Nathan O. Siemers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Which Nvidia drivers are you speaking of? Graphics or Nforce > ethernet, etc? I thought is was clear that I was talking about the graphics card. > I have had no problem compiling and using Nvidia graphics on my 64 > bit dual opteron

Re: Best approach for a system that needs desktop apps and 64bit address space

2005-11-01 Thread Jo Shields
Nathan O. Siemers wrote: Which Nvidia drivers are you speaking of? Graphics or Nforce ethernet, etc? I have had no problem compiling and using Nvidia graphics on my 64 bit dual opteron system at work (Suse). Remember what i said about "moronic"? Suse goes beyond moronic on its as

Re: Best approach for a system that needs desktop apps and 64bit address space

2005-10-31 Thread Nathan O. Siemers
Which Nvidia drivers are you speaking of? Graphics or Nforce ethernet, etc? I have had no problem compiling and using Nvidia graphics on my 64 bit dual opteron system at work (Suse). nathan pmarc wrote: nVidia and IPTables don't work properly with the "Install an ia32 sys

Re: Best approach for a system that needs desktop apps and 64bit address space

2005-10-31 Thread pmarc
> nVidia and IPTables don't work properly with the "Install an ia32 system > with 64SMP kernel" option. IPTables is not a problem here, I believe. However, doing without nVidia proprietary drivers is a no-go > What exactly do you plan on doing with all that memory? 32-bit apps > can't (well, not

Re: Best approach for a system that needs desktop apps and 64bit address space

2005-10-31 Thread Jo Shields
pmarc wrote: Hi all, we are making some tests with Linux operating systems for an environment where we need desktop apps (openoffice, mozilla w/ flash) and large memory (my machine has 8gigs) Also, we need openGL accelleration, nVidia driver. what would be the best approach? Install an ia32 s

Best approach for a system that needs desktop apps and 64bit address space

2005-10-31 Thread pmarc
Hi all, we are making some tests with Linux operating systems for an environment where we need desktop apps (openoffice, mozilla w/ flash) and large memory (my machine has 8gigs) Also, we need openGL accelleration, nVidia driver. what would be the best approach? Install an ia32 system with 64SMP