Hi there,
A new (to me) server has 64-bit CPUs. By my standards this is a REALLY
NICE high specification machine (I appears to be 2 x dual-core), but
in fact it's about 3 years old is one of the earliest Intel Xeons
that supports 64-bits / AMD64 / EMT64. I think it is 64-bit Pentium 4,
On Wednesday 03 March 2010 17:29:06 Stroller wrote:
Hi there,
A new (to me) server has 64-bit CPUs. By my standards this is a REALLY
NICE high specification machine (I appears to be 2 x dual-core), but
in fact it's about 3 years old is one of the earliest Intel Xeons
that supports 64-bits
On 3 Mar 2010, at 15:29, Stroller wrote:
...
I have started following the Gentoo Linux AMD64 Handbook, because
the Quick Install Guide is described as x86. Having untarred the
stage I am surprised to find a lib32 directory. I thought
compatibility with 32-bit binaries was optional. Or am
On Wednesday 03 March 2010 19:04:45 Stroller wrote:
On 3 Mar 2010, at 15:29, Stroller wrote:
...
I have started following the Gentoo Linux AMD64 Handbook, because
the Quick Install Guide is described as x86. Having untarred the
stage I am surprised to find a lib32 directory. I thought
On Wednesday 03 March 2010 20:04:17 Alan McKinnon wrote:
On Wednesday 03 March 2010 19:04:45 Stroller wrote:
On 3 Mar 2010, at 15:29, Stroller wrote:
...
I have started following the Gentoo Linux AMD64 Handbook, because
the Quick Install Guide is described as x86. Having untarred the
On Mittwoch 03 März 2010, Mick wrote:
So how 'safe' is it these days to build a 64bit only system? Would you end
up having to rebuild with multilibs because many apps which won't work on
a pure 64bit build?
no, it is not safe to have a 64bit only system. Just choose the multilib
profile
Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com writes:
no, it is not safe to have a 64bit only system. Just choose the multilib
profile and start installing. If something needs the 32bit emul libs, it will
pull the stuff in. There is nothing you need to care about.
What is unsafe about a
On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 06:44:27AM +, Graham Murray wrote:
Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com writes:
no, it is not safe to have a 64bit only system. Just choose the multilib
profile and start installing. If something needs the 32bit emul libs, it
will
pull the stuff
On Thursday 04 March 2010 08:44:27 Graham Murray wrote:
Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com writes:
no, it is not safe to have a 64bit only system. Just choose the multilib
profile and start installing. If something needs the 32bit emul libs, it
will pull the stuff in. There is
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