-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/13/08 10:05, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > I am about to buy the mobo that Doug Tutty has: Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe, > albeit with a more moderate AM2 processor: AMD Athlon X2 4050e 2.1GHz > 45W 65nm Dual-Core. > > Question I have is what do I run on it, I would prefer restoring a > current i386 system on it and then go on from there. > > So I found this: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2005/07/msg00311.html > > which lists 6 options: > > 1) Install i386 version and use that using 32bit kernel. > 2) Install amd64 version and use that. > 3) Install i386 with amd64 kernel package (i386 sarge includes that) and > amd64-libs to allow running some 64bit programs and most 32bit > (iptables/alsa-utils and other things that talk to some kernel > interfaces have to be 64bit when used with a 64bit kernel I believe). > 4) Install amd64 version and ia32-libs to allow running some 32bit > programs and all 64bit. > 5) Install i386 with an amd64 kernel package and a 64bit chroot to play > with full 64bit stuff in. (I use this one at the moment). > 6) Install amd64 with a i386 chroot to run 32bit packages in. > > I would prefer 1) but how does one do that?
Just install with the i386 disk. The CPU will detect that 32-bit binaries want to boot, and will switch the system into 32-bit mode. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkh6HLAACgkQS9HxQb37XmeqmwCfdvmJItbIMsEDeoFHOQNzDOHA q+IAoN1X6IBwIrr6qXBnIjo1+zUgvu43 =53tT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
