Re: Etch 32-bit system w/ AMD64 proc.
Hello
Joe Hart (<j.hart@orange.nl>) wrote:
> Bill Thompson wrote:
>> So, I do a lot of multi-media work on my home workstation. The
>> processor is an AMD64, but I don't want to hassle with a 32-bit
>> chroot partition, so I just run the whole machine in 32-bit mode.
>>
>> The question I have is which Etch packaged kernel would you recommend
>> for this situation? linux-image-2.6-486 or linux-image-2.6-k7?
>
> Personally, I would pick the K7. It has some optimization for the AMD
> processor, but both will work just fine.
Etch/i386 also comes with an AMD64 kernel package. It should run fine
with a 32 bit userspace environment.
regards
Andreas Janssen
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