On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 08:57 +1000, Ben Donohue wrote: > But can you use a 64bit kernel on a 32bit processor? > I was assuming you couldn't however I'm happy to be corrected.
No you can't. It uses special 64-bit instructions that are not supported on 32-bt processors. Note that there are a lot of 64-bit processors out there that have never operated in anything other than 32-bit mode: check the processor specs for AMD64 or x86-64 support. -- Glen Turner -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
