32 Ubuntu on 64 bit AMD CPU, how ?

[Steve Flynn]

On 06/10/06, Vincent Trouilliez <vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr> wrote:


I think I gathered from this list, by skimming posts here and there
> over the past few months, that it is possible to get these 64bit CPUs to
> run in 32bit mode, so that we can avoid all the problems with 64 bit (or
> lack of) desktop software, and run a 32 bit OS which will work just as
> well as on a 32 bit CPU.


Just don't install a 64bit kernel and the software will all run in 32 bit
mode. If you install a 32bit SMP kernel you should still get all of the
benefits of the dual core processor.

-- 
Steve
Despair - It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black...
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