Re: Sarge NR_CPUS limit of 1 reached. Processor ignored.

[Jo Shields <jo.shields@comlab.ox.ac.uk>]

Siju George wrote:

> On 12/14/05, Lubos Vrbka <lubos.vrbka@gmail.com> wrote:
>  
>
> > > > Is there a way to install the kernel using apt-get??
> > > >        
> > > aptitude install kernel-image-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8-smp
> > >
> >    
> >
> > > > Also will I have to re-install the packages to support SMP?
> > > >        
> > you don't have to reinstall any apps. single processor apps will run on
> > SMP just fine, you can just run more of them (2 in your case) at the
> > some time without slowing down...
> >
> >    
>
> Thankyou somuch lubos for the reply :-)
>
> I installed some software from dotdeb following the advice on
>
> http://dotdeb.org/news/dotdeb_now_available_for_amd64
>
> hope it will automatically get packages for 64-bit amd and not 32 bit x86 ?
> how do I check if the packages installed are for 64 bit?
>
> is it that only 64-bit packages can be installed or 32-bit packages
> can also slip in if the /etc/apt/source.list is not edited carefully?
>
> Thankyou so much again for you help :-)
>
> kind regards
>
> Siju
>
>  
Are you using Sarge for i386, or Sarge for AMD64? You can't interchange 
packages - whilst i386 Sarge includes AMD64 kernels and a few 64-bit 
compatability libraries, you can't install _amd64.deb files on it, and 
apt/aptitude/synaptic will not allow you to use amd64 stuff.

If you want to use 64-bit packages, use 64-bit Debian.

--Jo Shields