Re: Is AMD64 for me?
On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 09:11:33AM -0700, Alex Perry wrote:
> Ric Otte wrote:
>
> >I need to make another computer this summer, and am seriously
> >considering getting an AMD64 machine.
Even if you don't run AMD64 software on it right away, it's still fast in
"legacy" mode. Once Intel's and AMD's amd64 CPUs are the de-facto standard,
you'll be ready.
> If you're comfortable working with a dual boot machine, and don't mind
> learning how to use chroot,
Install dchroot. It's an suid chroot that drops you in your chroot as your
user account. You don't have to su back to your account after chrooting as
root. Also, you'll probably want to mount --bind /home inside your chroot.
> I suggest you bring up both pure32 and
> pure64 so you can compare and contrast the performance.
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