Re: Which stock linux-image kernel for 32 bit debian on amd athlon64 processor?
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 03:33:52PM +0000, Tim Channon wrote:
> Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> >On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 01:48:16AM +0000, Tim Channon wrote:
> >>Mitchell Laks wrote:
> >>>Question 1:
> >>>
> >>>On one machine I am running a 32 bit debian install on a amd64 bit
> >>>machine.
> >>>I run 64 bit on another machine, and this one is an older install.
> >>>I am running sid.
> >>>
> >>>Which of these kernels is appropriate?
> >>> linux-image-2.6-24-1-486
> >>>linux-image-2.6-24-1-686
> >>>linux-image-2.6-24-1-k7
> >>>
> >>>I assume that the kernel by apt-cache show
> >>>
> >>>linux-image-2.6-24-1-amd64 listed is the 64 bit kernel, which will be
> >>>inappropriate for my old 32 bit installation.
You can run a 64-bit kernel to take advantage of CPU features, in a
32-bit userland (i386) install with no problem at all.
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