[Novalug] 32 bit Linux on 64 bit Machine

[James Ewing Cottrell 3rd]

Yes, but more to the point, isn't the instruction set for the Itanium a 
totally different animal?

My answer to the original question would be yes, you can run a 32 bit OS 
on the 64 bit version of the same chip. Thus, 32 bit solaris runs on 64 
bit sparcs, and 32 bit Linux runs on 64bit x86 CPUs.

JIM

Michael Stone wrote:

> 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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