On Thursday, 13.07.2006 at 22:40 -0400, hendrik@topoi.pooq.com wrote: > > > 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 ? > > > > It's always worth remembering that amd64 CPUs can run x86 code > > completely natively and so one can always "ignore" the fact that they > > are amd64 CPUs and just run a normal x86 distribution: that will work > > fine. > > > > You'd be correct in saying that you "won't be using the 64-bit > > capabilities" of the CPU, but those capabilities are only useful in > > certain contexts and you simply may not need them! > > If you have a 64-bit Debian in one partition, and then you install > a 32-but Debian in another, and it sets up grub, will the > 32-bit installation recognise the already present 64-bit installation, > and will the presumably 32-bit grup properly boot it? Maybe :-) The long version: I tried doing something like the above a while ago and it's a rather tricky setup to *maintain*, although it may work at first. i.e. What happens when you start updating kernels? Can't help you any more with this one, anyway, sorry Hendrik... 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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