Re: AMD64 question...

2005-08-16 Thread Adam Majer
Brad Sims wrote: >I am thinking of switching to an AMD64 processor... I am currently running >kernel 2.4.27-2-k7. I really don't wanna switch to a 2.6 series kernel if I >don't >have to... I presume I can simply install the -386 versions of the packages >and have them work; correct? > > Yes. If

Re: AMD64 question...

2005-07-27 Thread Greg Madden
On Wednesday 27 July 2005 07:51 pm, Brad Sims wrote: > On Wednesday 27 July 2005 7:19 pm, Alan Ianson wrote: > > I have never noticed a -k7 kernel on amd64, only -em64t, -generic > > and -k8. The amd64 version is just like the i386 version (except of > > course, it is 64 bit). You can install as mu

Re: AMD64 question...

2005-07-27 Thread Brad Sims
On Wednesday 27 July 2005 7:19 pm, Alan Ianson wrote: > I have never noticed a -k7 kernel on amd64, only -em64t, -generic and -k8. > The > amd64 version is just like the i386 version (except of course, it is 64 bit). > You can install as much or as little as you like. If you need 32 bit apps >

Re: AMD64 question...

2005-07-27 Thread Alan Ianson
On Wed July 27 2005 03:38 pm, Brad Sims wrote: > I am thinking of switching to an AMD64 processor... I am currently running > kernel 2.4.27-2-k7. I really don't wanna switch to a 2.6 series kernel if I > don't have to... I presume I can simply install the -386 versions of the > packages and have th

AMD64 question...

2005-07-27 Thread Brad Sims
I am thinking of switching to an AMD64 processor... I am currently running kernel 2.4.27-2-k7. I really don't wanna switch to a 2.6 series kernel if I don't have to... I presume I can simply install the -386 versions of the packages and have them work; correct? Can I continue to run my -k7 kernel