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Re: Debian/Ubuntu kernel update question



 On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:29:40 -0400 
randy cole <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> Jarod Wilson wrote: 
> > Oh, and you can now have both kernel-i686 and kernel-x86_64 of the same 
> > version-release installed simultaneously, if you're crazy like 
> > that... :) 
> Jarod, 
>     Is the only difference between 64-bit and 32-bit installations the 
> kernel?  I have a 32-bit installed but want to run the 64 bit.  That 
> would save me a partition &amp; reinstalling :-)    Plus, it's on an 
> external usb and I could plug it into 32 or 64 bit machines! 

Definitely not. In a 64-bit system you need to have both the 64-bit 
libraries and the 32-bit libraries to be able to run 32-bit programs. 



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