Re: 64-bit linux?

Yeah, but if the OS was compiled for 64-bit, and debian and mandrake
are, then that shoudl work fine. But what about programs inside of the
OS, would an application compiled for a 32-bit system work on an opteron
64-bit system or a 64-bit compiled Os for that matter?
Joshua Kugler wrote:

>Correct...AMD 64 bit will run in 32 bit mode just fine...of course you won't
>have access to 64 bit features. You have to run a 64 bit distro for that.
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>On Monday 08 November 2004 14:38, Ayden wrote:
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>>Only if you want 64bit capabilities, right? Otherwise, a regular
>>distribution should run,
>>correct?
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>>whitham
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>>On Nov 8, 2004, at 8:11 AM, Greg Madden wrote:
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>>>On Sunday 07 November 2004 05:06 pm, Keeper Nott wrote:
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>>>>Does anyone know if the newer releases of mandrake linux work with
>>>>the amd 3500+ 64-bit processor? I noticed that mandrake offered a
>>>>"10.0 official amd 64-bit edition", does that mean that mandrake will
>>>>not run on a 64-bit processor unless I buy a copy specifically
>>>>configured to do so? If amndrake doesn't run on 64-bit, then what
>>>>versions of linux do? I am really new to 64-bit and a lot of it is
>>>>really vague to me so any help would be much appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>You need a distro specifically for amd64. Suse come this way, both i386
>>>& amd64 on sparate media, in the Professional edition. I don't know if
>>>Mandrake does this but a quick visit to their web site should help.
>>>
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Received on Wed Nov 10 07:44:16 2004