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Re: [SLE] installing suse 9.3 on an athlon64 fx 3200+
- From: Anders Johansson <andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 00:19:14 +0200
- Message-id: <200510010019.14265.andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Saturday 01 October 2005 00:05, jfweber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Reading the Admin. book I see where it says don't use both 32 bit pkgs.
> and the ones intended for 64bit procs noted by not haveing foo32 in
> title. However, When I try to mark those choices , where there are
> choices, as do not install it marks them anyway. How do I know what I
> need , precisely to get the box up and running? ( Or do I mark the 32
> bit files as "taboo" ? )
>
> Most confusing ...
The ones you see in YaST are safe.
The admonishion to not use 32 bit packages doesn't mean that you shouldn't use
the ones tagged -32bit, it means you shouldn't use the ones called .i586.rpm,
but you don't see those in YaST, so you're quite safe.
The packages called -32bit are there for compatibility, so you can run 32 bit
packages on your 64 bit system, but they won't screw anything up for your
normal everyday 64 bit experience
> Reading the Admin. book I see where it says don't use both 32 bit pkgs.
> and the ones intended for 64bit procs noted by not haveing foo32 in
> title. However, When I try to mark those choices , where there are
> choices, as do not install it marks them anyway. How do I know what I
> need , precisely to get the box up and running? ( Or do I mark the 32
> bit files as "taboo" ? )
>
> Most confusing ...
The ones you see in YaST are safe.
The admonishion to not use 32 bit packages doesn't mean that you shouldn't use
the ones tagged -32bit, it means you shouldn't use the ones called .i586.rpm,
but you don't see those in YaST, so you're quite safe.
The packages called -32bit are there for compatibility, so you can run 32 bit
packages on your 64 bit system, but they won't screw anything up for your
normal everyday 64 bit experience
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