Gentoo Archives: gentoo-server

From:	Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@g.o>
To:	gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-server] ia64 vs amd64 on Dell PowerEdge 2950
Date:	Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:53:12
Message-Id:	`450B1230.1040508@gentoo.org`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-server] ia64 vs amd64 on Dell PowerEdge 2950 by Peter Abrahamsen

1	Peter Abrahamsen wrote:
2	> Hi all,
3	>
4	> If I stick a 2006.1 ia64 disc in my shiny new PE 2950, it doesn't even
5	> get a boot prompt. but amd64 works just fine. Does anyone else think
6	> this is strange?
7
8	No. IA64 is something completely different from x86_64 (amd64). IA64 is not
9	x86 compatible, despite sharing a similar name (IA32 for x86). IA64 is the
10	successor to HP's PA-RISC architecture.
11
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