Re: Intel Xeon Server
On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 02:23:15PM +0100, debian wrote:
> I have an Intel Server with an Xeon Nocona 3.0 GHz EMT64 processor. I would
> like to run it as a stable webserver. Which distribution shall I install?
> Is it possible to install x386 Sarge? Are there any known issues? Which is
> the savest way to go especially when considerating future updates?
As long as your hardware is supported, there is no problem running the
i386 version of sarge on it. It is still an x86 machine. Some people
want to run the 64bit version due to the amount of ram, or type of
software they have, while others prefer to stick with a much more mature
architecture for now. Both will continue to be supported by debian, so
upgrades won't be a future. If multiarch is ever implemented, you
should be able to later upgrade from i386 to running a mix of amd64 and
i386, but for now it is one or the other (unless you place on in a
chroot within the other).
Len Sorensen
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