On Friday 16 June 2006 16:28, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Francesco Pietra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > This confirms that I was right in reserving the 64bit machine for 64bit > > applications and the 32bit machine for 32bit applications. It is easy to > > communicate between the two. > > > > Because the calculations at 64bit are long lasting, I use a usb card > > reader to exchange files, but nothing prevents intercommunication between > > the two machines. > > > > My only worry (or curiosity) in these affairs is the role of the lib32 > > provided on base installation of amd64 etch. There must be something > > using them (i have not investigated) maybe the video, as jame suspected? > > If used, this does not appear to be a pure 64bit system. Can lib32 be > > apt-get remove without preventing functions? I am not going to > > investigate. > > > > cheers > > > > francesco pietra > > A base installation should have no lib32. The /*/lib32 links belong to > libc6-i386 and are not installed by default.
They were installed by default in my case. I carried out a net installation (mirror debian.inode.at) on multi-dual-opteron from <debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso> etch beta2 release, downloaded 20 May 2006. It was raid1 with partitions /, /usr/, /var, swap, /tmp, with grub on root. The /lib32 was installed. You said at that time that /lib32 should be not there. I repeated a net installation with beta 2 etch installer downloaded 3 June 2006, choosing a different site, I do not remember which one. Of course, everything from the first installation was cleared and file systems were placed anew. The /lib32 was installed. I did nothing more than default installation paying much attention that nothing different from base installation was declared, also because I did not intend to have anything at 32bit. Then you said, make what you want of those /lib32, clear, or whatever else. I did nothing. This was not to disregard you precious advice, but because of the unfitting of my experience with your expectations. I am not sure that somewhere (may be X- ?) needs them. At any event, I remain at least curious about this /lib32; was that to automatically support the Pixelview 6600 256 M DDR DVI PCI express added to the Tyan K8WE S2895 mainboard? I could send a list of the 32lib installed, if useful. I could also send the installer CD from the post office. Cheers francesco pietra > > MfG > Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
