Let me clarify my questions:

* Masatran, R. Deepak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2007-04-10
> 1. In an external hard drive which is used on multiple computers, what Linux
> kernel is appropriate? I work on Pentium 4 / Sempron / Athlon 64, and
> similar computers. I am currently considering "linux-image-686".

Will "linux-image-686" work on the 32-bit and 64-bit AMD processors?
<http://packages.debian.org/testing/admin/linux-image-686> does not say
anything about this.

> 2. Can I install "linux-image-amd64", and use the I386 Debian with it, on an
> AMD64 computer?

Will this work, and will it be fast?

> 3. Can I set it up so that when I install a package, the I386 version will
> be installed on one partition, and the AMD64 version on another?

Has this been automated, or is anyone working on automating it?

-- 
Masatran, R. Deepak <http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/>

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