Can 32-bit Linux be installed on 64-bit laptop (and is it a good idea)?
Markku Kolkka
markkuk at tuubi.net
Thu Aug 18 20:14:15 UTC 2005
Reshat Sabiq kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika torstai, 18.
elokuuta 2005 20:19):
> As far as exe sizes: if the sizes between 32- and 64-bit
> versions of the same exe are less than a factor of 2 apart,
> that means that not all of the instructions in the instruction
> set are 64-bit instructions.
"64-bit instruction" does *not* mean that the length of the
instruction is 64 bits, it means it handles 64 bit data and
addresses. "32-bit instructions" in x86 aren't 32 bits long
either.
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Markku Kolkka
markku.kolkka at iki.fi
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