On Tuesday, 11.07.2006 at 21:44 -0500, Damon L. Chesser 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 :-) > > by "just install a 2.6.x-series amd64 kernel" do you mean that if you > boot a 64bit kernel, you can run a 32bit system? Yes. Specifically, you install (or retain) a full 32-bit system, but install a new kernel, which happens to be amd64. The "amd64 kernel with 32-bit userspace" approach is not uncommon. 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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