Re: new user with installation problem

[Manon Metten <pebbles@iae.nl>]

@Christopher Nelson:

Hi, I'm new on Debian and on this list. Just last week I installed 
Debian on my k8v-mx mobo with amd sempron 64bit cpu.
(Linux debian 2.4.27-2-386 #1 Wed Aug 17 09:33:35 UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux).

I noticed your answer on this thread.

an amd64 processor will work with the i386.  If the
OP wants top performance ... then the amd64 is the right one

Does this mean I can improve performance by re-installing Debian with 
some 64bit specific cd images, or do I have to compose these myself? Can 
you please give some more info?

Greetings, Manon Metten.

> On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 11:53:32AM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
>   
> > Andrea Maffei wrote:
> >     
> > > Dear Roberto,
> > >   thank you very much for you answer. My processor is an AMD Athlon
> > > (64bit). On debian.org I couldn't find any file for AMD, this is the list
> > > I found (does AMD have any other name?):
> > >
> > >     * Alpha
> > >     * ARM
> > >     * HP PA-RISC
> > >     * Intel x86
> > >     * Intel IA-64
> > >     * Motorola 680x0
> > >     * MIPS
> > >     * MIPS (DEC)
> > >     * PowerPC
> > >     * IBM S/390
> > >     * SPARC 
> > >
> > > What should I use?
> > >
> > > Ciao
> > > Andrea
> > >
> > >       
> > You need amd64.  If you want Sarge, you will need to obtain the
> > unofficial installer from amd64.debian.net.  If you want Etch, you can
> > get the installer with the rest of them on www.debian.org.
> >     
>
> Not quite exactly, an amd64 processor will work with the i386.  If the
> OP wants top performance (and why not?) then the amd64 is the right one,
> of course.
>
>