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redoaks 02-11-2006 10:20 AM

Upgrading hardware to AMD 64
 
I need to upgrade from a 32 bit P4 to an AMD Athlon 64 have been running Fedora 4 i386
for a month now, so am not really familiar with it.
Can I download a copy of the x64 kernel and plug it in, running on the P4 with the i386
OS and run it that way until the upgrade, then go on as usual, or am I looking at a full
re-install?

Will the 32 bit Fedora run on the 64 hardware?

Will my software, Turboprint i386, Snap Graphics, Mozilla, Crossover Office run on either
kernel?

If it's a re-install on a sparate partition, can I access the i386 Fedora to run programs,
or migrate them to the x64 version like I do in OS/2?

I have no Windows installed, but have heard XP will run on 32 or 64, as will OS/2, but have
read on this site Mandrake will not. Would this be a weakness of Mandrake or Linux, or is
it to run better on specific hardware?

Thanks in advance
Louis Muollo

macemoneta 02-11-2006 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by redoaks
I need to upgrade from a 32 bit P4 to an AMD Athlon 64 have been running Fedora 4 i386
for a month now, so am not really familiar with it.
Can I download a copy of the x64 kernel and plug it in, running on the P4 with the i386
OS and run it that way until the upgrade, then go on as usual, or am I looking at a full
re-install?

Yes you can update individual components, though dependencies may require that you upgrade additional components, and that could lead to a rather lengthy chain of dependencies. It's usually easier to re-install.

Quote:

Will the 32 bit Fedora run on the 64 hardware?
Yes
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Will my software, Turboprint i386, Snap Graphics, Mozilla, Crossover Office run on either
kernel?
In general, 32-bit software runs just fine on an AMD64 running a 64-bit OS. You may need to install some 32-bit requisites for your software (libraries, usually).

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If it's a re-install on a sparate partition, can I access the i386 Fedora to run programs,
or migrate them to the x64 version like I do in OS/2?
In general yes, with the requirement that you install dependencies as mentioned above.

Quote:

I have no Windows installed, but have heard XP will run on 32 or 64, as will OS/2, but have
read on this site Mandrake will not. Would this be a weakness of Mandrake or Linux, or is
it to run better on specific hardware?
Linux runs on just about anything. If a particular distribution isn't packaged to run on the platform you want to use, pick another distribution. In part, that's why there are over 100 distributions. FC4 is packaged to run on X86, X86_64 and PPC.

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Thanks in advance
Louis Muollo

redoaks 02-11-2006 01:28 PM

Upgrading hardware to AMD 64
 
Thank you for the info. It is truly appreciated.


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