Steve Cayford ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050608 13:59]: > Pratham wrote: > > [...] > > I am having following questions in my mind . 1) can we run all intel > > based applications on the AMD Processor (like sybase for i386 > > processor and so on ) 2) can a 32 bit application run on a 64 bit > > Processor 3) IS Red HAT 7.3 capable of detecting a dual processor , > > and will it support two 64 bit processor's. > > I'm by no means expert at this, but I can point out a couple things. AMD > 64 should run just about anything compiled for x86. If you install a > standard x86 based distribution you shouldn't even have to think about > it, although you won't get the extra benefit of 64 bits (I'm using an > Athlon 64 with plain vanilla Debian here). The issue comes up if you > install a 64 bit distribution, but still want to run 32 bit applications > as well. Then you have to make sure the 32 bit applications load 32 bit > libraries, while the 64 bit applications get 64 bit libraries. There's a > couple different approaches to this, one of them being running all the > 32 bit apps in a chroot with their own libraries. My impression is the > different distributions have different ways of setting this up.
>From what I recall, the older 32 bit distributions if they do not have a new enough Kernel will crap out when they encounter the new CPU flags and so on. We saw a lot of problems with the first gen of hardware, anyway. Also, the installer may not handle it in this case. Not to mention that other things will probably be missing like ethernet drivers to deal with the newer chipsets, etc. > That's about the extent of my knowledge. > > -Steve > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput > a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? > If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. > Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net -- Leah Cunningham : d416-585-9971x692 : d416-703-5977 : m416-559-6511 Frauerpower! : www.frauerpower.com : Toronto, ON Canada ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
