-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/29/07 08:06, Jeff Grossman wrote: > Douglas A. Tutty wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 05:17:52AM -0400, Chris Bannister wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 09:20:40PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: >>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 09:12:21PM -0400, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Well, if you install the 32bit userland + 64bit kernel + X.Org it wont >>>>> work. :-) >>>>> >>>> Huh? Perhaps you should send the message to the amd64 list. Someone >>>> there is probably doing this. >>>> >>>> Doug. >>>> >>> Hi Doug, >>> >>> Are you saying that you can install a 64bit kernel on a current 32bit >>> system and then end up with a running system.? >>> >>> I thought you couldn't replace a 32bit kernel with a 64bit kernel but >>> had to *install* with an actual 64bit kernel to get any benefit. >>> Or does the replacement 64bit kernel just run in 32bit mode? (although >>> that is still better than a 32bit kernel, apparently.) >>> >> >> I believe that you can install a 64bit kernel on you i386 system. >> Assuming that you have room in /boot and /lib, just add the 64-bit >> kernel and keep your 486 (or whatever) and try it. If it doesn't boot, >> then choose the 486 from the grub menu. >> >> You can even run i386 apps in an amd64 system as long as you have the >> i386 libs installed (available as a regular package in amd64). >> >> Doug. >> > Would I gain anything running a 64bit kernel on an i386 system?
An unbootable system? But then, what *exactly* do you mean by "an i386 system"? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHJd/vS9HxQb37XmcRAtjpAJ9KeKzsD6fNAvjM8KR13YA0N10cjgCgvnKM YwZfpcqmwMVoR0TCM9+HI0E= =riSY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
