--- Dave Ewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday, 11.07.2006 at 02:02 -0700, michael > bailey 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 > :-) > > Dave. > -- > Please don't CC me on list messages! > ... > Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > All email from me is now digitally signed, key from > http://www.sungate.co.uk/ > Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 > CD28 DA92 > >
Would the above advice still apply if I wanted to use my 32 bit software and data with a Socket 754 Sempron CPU i.e. I would use a Sempron which has AMD64 support built in, but I would not use the 64 bit capability ? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
