On Thursday 28 December 2006 19:42, joe henderson wrote: > The opteron is a 64bit processor.. however the Xeon comes in many flavors.. > > Can Standard arch i686 version be installed on these 2 machines > without going to the Arch64 Release? > > I've read that the Arch64 is unstable to an extent and I want to move > to a 64bit processor for multiple reasons.. > > I want to learn from others who have already installed arch on a 64bit > proc before I make the plunge..
The AMD64/EM64T architecture is completely compatible with 32bit instructions. So any 32bit OS works just fine on them. I use the i686 version on my 64bit P4 just fine. -- Vinay S Shastry http://vinayshastry.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
