[Novalug] 32 bit Linux on 64 bit Machine

Michael Stone mstone at mathom.us
Thu Nov 16 15:28:27 EST 2006


On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 03:18:32PM -0500, Bernie Hoefer wrote:
>     To my knowledge, TRUE 64-bit processors, like the Intel Itanium2,
>cannot run 32-bit operating systems.

There is nothing more "TRUE" about the 64 bit ops on an itanium. In the 
context of the question the usage was perfectly acceptable. (You could 
understand that the question didn't refer to an itanium because, 
practically speaking, nobody uses those.)

Mike Stone



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