On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 07:22:10PM +0100, Dave Ewart wrote: > On Thursday, 13.07.2006 at 07:27 -0700, michael bailey wrote: > > > 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 ? > > It's always worth remembering that amd64 CPUs can run x86 code > completely natively and so one can always "ignore" the fact that they > are amd64 CPUs and just run a normal x86 distribution: that will work > fine. > > You'd be correct in saying that you "won't be using the 64-bit > capabilities" of the CPU, but those capabilities are only useful in > certain contexts and you simply may not need them!
If you have a 64-bit Debian in one partition, and then you install a 32-but Debian in another, and it sets up grub, will the 32-bit installation recognise the already present 64-bit installation, and will the presumably 32-bit grup properly boot it? -- hendrik > > 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 > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
