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Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>Hi, |
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> My wife and I signed up for a class that is taught partially in |
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>person and to a great extent on the web. To use the material it's the |
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>usual set of requirements - Windows, IE or Firefox, Java, Flash, an |
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>audio player that plays stuff on the page, etc., or a Mac. My wife's |
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>32-bit Gentoo machine is working fairly well, although I am having a |
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>couple of fairly serious Java problems. (Which I hope can be worked |
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>out.) My AMD64 machine, on the other hand, is failing terribly and I |
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>really need it to work, somehow... |
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> To this end I'm at the very early stages of a 32-bit install. I'd |
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>hate to have to drop back to 32-bit operation on this machine full |
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>time, although I'm not actually running anything that has to run |
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>64-bit so maybe it's a non-issue really, other than the work involved |
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>to get there. |
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> Some questions: |
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>1) If I build and boot a 32-bit version of Gentoo it is my |
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>understanding that the AMD64 will be completely 32-bit compatible and |
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>that I can run whatever any other IA-32 machine can run. Is this |
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>correct? |
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>2) If I build a 32-bit install is there anyway to run this 32-bit |
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>environment within the 64-bit environment? I assume not. |
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> Thanks in advance. You all have been quite helpful over the last |
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>few months and I'm more than sure that you will be now. |
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>cheers, |
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>Mark |
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Hi, |
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i have just got my new AMD64 system, and am going through and install. |
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Point 1, yes, it will operate 32bit apps and be fully compatable |
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in answer to point 2 I noticed this |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/howtos/index.xml?part=1&chap=3 |
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these are the instructions for the 32-bit chroot. |
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hope this helps you.. |
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David Anderson |
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