* Mike Swanson <mikeonthecompu...@gmail.com> [2009-04-27 23:34]: > unix3 wrote: >> Hi, I want to know if there would be any incompatibility if I use the amd64 >> install cd to call a http server with the i386 filesets and install them.. >> is this safe? > No, you should use the same architecture's CD rather than a completely > different one. Even if you managed to get this to work somehow, you > wouldn't be able to use the amd64 installer without the processor > supporting amd64 instructions; at that point, why are you bothering to > install i386 when you clearly have the option to use the superior arch?
hah. I install i386 code on amd64 hardware all the time. it is considerably faster for much of the stuff I am doing (larger data structures -> memory pressure. at least, that's the theory. unlikely to matter for webbrowsing or your generic mailserver) -- Henning Brauer, h...@bsws.de, henn...@openbsd.org BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting - Hamburg & Amsterdam
