Am Mittwoch, 15. August 2012 schrieb Gary Dale: > On 15/08/12 02:13 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Mi, 15 aug 12, 05:12:46, Gary Dale wrote: > >> If your computer has a 64bit CPU, you could also install the 64bit > >> version of Debian over the existing. Just don't format your /home. > > > > Another option not mentioned yet is to install the -amd64 kernel > > (assuming the CPU supports it). Works just fine for me. > > > > Kind regards, > > Andrei > > It works, but why not just upgrade to full 64 bit if you can? It's not > a lot more work unless you've installed a lot of extra packages.
Especially as there can be difficult to debug issues like a crashing X.org due to 32-bit intel MESA driver not working correctly under 64-Bit kernel. Might have been fixed meanwhile, but that took me really some time to find and fix back then. -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201208211916.47548.mar...@lichtvoll.de
