Dual-booting amd64 and 32 bit x86?

[Chris Kloiber]

On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 00:44, Philip A. Chapman wrote:
> Everyone,
> 
> I have ordered a eMachines M6809 and expect to take delivery on it later
> this week.  To begin with, I'll probably install the 32 bit x86 version
> of Fedora and run that on it as I often use VMWare to run various
> version of windows.  I'm making the only slightly educated assumption
> that I will have to run the 32 bit kernel so that VMWare's kernel
> modules will work with it.
> 
> However, I'd like to play with the 64 but stuff too.  I think that the
> best way to do this is to have separate partition(s) set up so that I
> can dual-boot between the 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Fedora.  Is this
> the case?  Is there a better way?
> 
> Thanks,

The M680x systems seem "allergic" to 64-bit Linux due to their
brain-damaged bios, while eMachines sticks their collective heads in the
sand, claiming it works as designed with 32-bit Windows. I have an M6807
and wish it was possible for me to return it. I am now looking at the
Pavilion zv5000z. Does anyone have any experience with that hardware on
64-bit Linux?

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_store/computer_series_detail.do?series_name=zv5000z_series&series_index=4&catLevel=2

-- 
Chris Kloiber, RHCX
Red Hat, Inc.