Re: instalation issue

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2010-03-15 09:44, Jordan Metzmeier wrote:
> > I am not an expert on this; but if it's a 64-bit processor, you probably
> > want amd64 unless it's an Itanium, in which case you want ia64.  Look
> > through the literature to see if your processor has EM64T support.  If it
> > does, you want amd64.  See http://www.debian.org/ports/ for more information.
> > i386 will probably also work, but if you have more than 4G of RAM you will not
> > be able to exploit it to maximum effect unless you are running a 64-bit port.
>
> I am currently running i386 with 8gb of RAM using the -bigmem kernel.
> As I understand, each process becomes limited by 3GB or so of RAM. I
> can't really comprehend why any *desktop* user would need/want 64bit
> at this time. Although, 64bit doesn't have the java and flash issues
> it had not long ago, I would not be surprised if there is still some
> hassle involved.
>
> jordan@pc-tesla ~ $ uname -r
> 2.6.26-2-686-bigmem
> jordan@pc-tesla ~ $ free -m
>              total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
> Mem:          8118       6335       1783          0        386       3534
> -/+ buffers/cache:       2415       5703
> Swap:         4102          0       4101

Because of the way that AMD designed the specification, it's 
possible to install a 64-bit kernel onto a 32-bit system.

That way, you have more efficient use of your RAM.  Besides, it's 
cool, especially to hack a combo of the 32- and 64-bit nvidia 
drivers and have it work perfectly!

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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