On Wednesday, 12.07.2006 at 16:20 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom 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. > > > > I have not googled this, but if I roll my own kernel, what options make > it "amd64"? Just set the appropriate processor type (it's labelled 'Opteron/Athlon64' or something similar). 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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