Xeon 64-bit?

Paul Lussier p.lussier at comcast.net
Mon Jul 9 12:55:38 EDT 2007


klussier at comcast.net writes:

> I have a bunch of fairly high-end servers, all with dual dual-core
> Xeon processors. Xeon's are supposed to be 64-bit processors, but
> they are all running i386 kernels. I want to download the
> appropriate Debian distribution for these boxes to enable 64-bit
> processing. Do I need the ia64, the amd64, or something else?

Well, who makes the Xeon?  I'd go with the kernel for that chipset.

Hint:  AMD does not make the Xeon ;)
       iaXX stands for Intel Architecture where the XX is number of bits...
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Seeya,
Paul


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