Re: Sarge and Athlon 64
--- Dave Ewart <davee@sungate.co.uk> wrote:
> 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.
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Would the above advice still apply if I wanted to use
my 32 bit software and data with a Socket 754 Sempron
CPU i.e. I would use a Sempron which has AMD64 support
built in, but I would not use the 64 bit capability ?
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