On Tuesday, 11.07.2006 at 02:02 -0700, michael bailey wrote: > I am interested in obtaining a new motherboard and > CPU. The current CPU is a Pentium III and runs Debian > Sarge (kernel 2.4.27-3-686). I am thinking of getting > an Athlon 64 as the new CPU. > > Does anyone please know what updates would be needed > to the current kernel in order to use the Athlon 64 ? > I would obviously like to still use all my current 32 > bit software and data. The simplest option is to just install a 2.6.x-series amd64 kernel and keep your 32-bit system. Unless you "need" the extra facilities which 64-bit systems give you, you will find the whole setup much simpler just doing this. No faffing about with chroots either :-) Dave. -- Please don't CC me on list messages! ... Dave Ewart - davee@sungate.co.uk - jabber: davee@jabber.org All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92
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