Dave Ewart wrote:
On Tuesday, 11.07.2006 at 21:44 -0500, Damon L. Chesser wrote:
I am interested in obtaining a new motherboard and
CPU. The current CPU is a Pentium III and runs Debian
Sarge (kernel 2.4.27-3-686). I am thinking of getting
an Athlon 64 as the new CPU.
Does anyone please know what updates would be needed
to the current kernel in order to use the Athlon 64 ?
I would obviously like to still use all my current 32
bit software and data.
The simplest option is to just install a 2.6.x-series amd64 kernel and
keep your 32-bit system. Unless you "need" the extra facilities which
64-bit systems give you, you will find the whole setup much simpler just
doing this. No faffing about with chroots either :-)
by "just install a 2.6.x-series amd64 kernel" do you mean that if you
boot a 64bit kernel, you can run a 32bit system?
Yes. Specifically, you install (or retain) a full 32-bit system, but
install a new kernel, which happens to be amd64.
The "amd64 kernel with 32-bit userspace" approach is not uncommon.
I have not googled this, but if I roll my own kernel, what options make
it "amd64"?
H
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