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Re: em64t



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On 08/09/07 17:17, Linas Žvirblis wrote:
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> 
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> 
>> You're mixing arches.  em64t *is* the -amd64 architecture, which,
>> obviously, isn't i386 (-686).
> 
> You can install i386 operating system on AMD64 hardware, because AMD64
> is an extended i386. The system will run just fine, but will not be able
> to use additional features of AMD64 architecture.

Correct.  Many people do so.

But you must be careful when mixing packages from different arches.
 And apparently OP wasn't too careful.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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