Promoting i386 version over x86_64?

[Sir Gallantmon]

On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 1:35 AM, Jonathan Dieter <jdieter at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2009-11-22 at 00:52 -0500, Bill McGonigle wrote:
> > On 11/21/2009 03:52 AM, Jonathan Dieter wrote:
> > > FWIW, there is a syslinux module named ifcpu64 that will load different
> > > kernels/initrds based on whether the cpu is 64-bit.
> >
> > Cool, do syslinux modules work in isolinux?  We could have a tiny 32-bit
> > image on a 64-bit CD that would say, "sorry, you got the wrong CD".
>
> They should; it's all the same project.  I think the the 64-bit kernel
> already gives a sane error message when you attempt to run it on a
> 32-bit machine.
>
> Jonathan
>
>
I wonder... Why can't we have 32-bit Linux able to run 64-bit applications?
Mac OS X can do it.
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