On Friday 17 February 2006 14:42, Adam Funk wrote: > On 2006-02-17, Graham Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Having said that there is not really any advantage to running the 64 bit > > port as there isn't any software that makes use of the extra features and > > the Althon 64 in 32 bit mode is just as fast. > > Does that mean I can just install Debian i386 on an Athlon 64? >
Yes. The Althon 64 fully supports i386 through some fancy on chip emulation that is as fast as a native 32 bit chip (I think all the 64 bit processors you mention do this but don't quite me on that). > In that case, which kernel flavour would I use? > You have a wide range of choices. You can go pure 32 bit and install the standard i386 Debian, you can go mixed and have a 64 bit kernel an 32 bit user space or you can go pure 64 bit. I've never tried a mixed system but apparently it works fine. I'm running the 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8 kernel at the moment which is AMD64 specific. If you are confused just go for one of the generic kernels. Graham > Thanks, > Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
