Re: Best Kernel?
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On 10/29/07 08:06, Jeff Grossman wrote:
> Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 05:17:52AM -0400, Chris Bannister wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 09:20:40PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 09:12:21PM -0400, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Well, if you install the 32bit userland + 64bit kernel + X.Org it wont
>>>>> work. :-)
>>>>>
>>>> Huh? Perhaps you should send the message to the amd64 list. Someone
>>>> there is probably doing this.
>>>>
>>>> Doug.
>>>>
>>> Hi Doug,
>>>
>>> Are you saying that you can install a 64bit kernel on a current 32bit
>>> system and then end up with a running system.?
>>>
>>> I thought you couldn't replace a 32bit kernel with a 64bit kernel but
>>> had to *install* with an actual 64bit kernel to get any benefit.
>>> Or does the replacement 64bit kernel just run in 32bit mode? (although
>>> that is still better than a 32bit kernel, apparently.)
>>>
>>
>> I believe that you can install a 64bit kernel on you i386 system.
>> Assuming that you have room in /boot and /lib, just add the 64-bit
>> kernel and keep your 486 (or whatever) and try it. If it doesn't boot,
>> then choose the 486 from the grub menu.
>>
>> You can even run i386 apps in an amd64 system as long as you have the
>> i386 libs installed (available as a regular package in amd64).
>>
>> Doug.
>>
> Would I gain anything running a 64bit kernel on an i386 system?
An unbootable system?
But then, what *exactly* do you mean by "an i386 system"?
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
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Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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