> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Taggart > Sent: 11 October 2005 23:14 > To: Brendan Hack > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org; debian-kernel@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: amd64 kernel on i386 sarge system > > > "Brendan Hack" writes... > > > Can > > someone please ease my mind and let me know how safe it is to switch > kernels > > like this. I have plenty of experience messing around with kernels, > > compiling my own and setting up systems which boot to different kernel > > versions so can set this up no problems but just want to make sure that > > I won't have any compatibility issues when downgrading from the amd64 > > kernel to the k7. Can anyone see any issues with doing this? > > Which userspace are you using i386 or amd64? If the former then you should > have no problems, if the latter it won't work at all. > > The main way to install amd64 for quite a while was "pure64" meaning both > an > amd64 kernel and full amd64 userspace. But more recently I think it's been > possible to install i386 and then just upgrade the kernel. Use file(1) to > check some of the system commands and see what type they are, or look at > sources.list to see where it's pointing. >
Thank Matt, that's exactly the reassurance I was hoping for. I am using i386 userspace. Was initially a bit confused as why we had installed the i386 userspace and not gone with a full 64 bit install but it's ended up being a good thing. Thanks Brendan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
