64 bits vs 32

Francisco Obispo fobispo at isc.org
Fri Mar 16 22:36:01 UTC 2012


Just re-install it with a 64 bit cd, and you should be fine :-)


On Mar 16, 2012, at 3:32 PM, Dave Taht wrote:

> I note that nearly all of my x86 gear runs a 64 bit os. (the *only*
> exception is io, actually, and that makes it a PITA. Of course all the
> cerowrt boxes are mips, which is a REAL pita)
> 
> In part, why I had originally specified the lenovo laptops was because
> they were 64 bit, and thus builds of various pieces of software I have
> can be done on a 8 core 64 bit box and complete in minutes rather than
> hours.
> 
> OK, so... this aspire one laptop I was just given by alistair is cute,
> and has amd c-60 chips in it - but I was handed i386 ubuntu cds with
> it.
> 
> The prospect of recompiling wireshark alone is daunting on such a puny
> box, so... it is my hope it 'just works' 64 bit, so I can take my
> existing builds and move them over.
> 
> But, perhaps I'm merely incompatible with isc's methods. I haven't run
> a 32 bit OS in nearly 7 years, on purpose anyway....
> 
> Does anyone care if I make things 64 bit rather than 32 bit, by
> default? When does isc use a 32 bit os? 64 bit?
> 
> -- 
> Dave Täht
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