Re: Etch 32-bit system w/ AMD64 proc.
On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 12:40 -0700, Bill Thompson wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:13:23 +0200
> Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
> > Etch/i386 also comes with an AMD64 kernel package. It should run fine
> > with a 32 bit userspace environment.
>
> I was confused about that. I tried the Etch i386 linux-image-2.6-amd64
> kernel last night, but ran into weird module problems. I wasn't sure
> of it was a bug or if I was using a 64-bit kernel on a 32-bit system.
> Running the system on linux-image-2.6-486 got rid of the module issues.
>
> Is the linux-image-2.6-amd64 package truly compiled for a 32-but user
> space?
>
I've been using linux-image-2.6-amd64 for a few months (in Etch, with a
32-bit user environment) and haven't had any problems. I guess we must
be using different modules.
Originally, Etch installed the -486 image. Some time ago I switched to
the -k7 image, then to the -amd64. All have worked without issue.
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