Xeon 64-bit?

[Thomas Charron]

On 7/9/07, Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> wrote:
> 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...

  And when the image won't get past post, download the amd64 and
ponder how Itanium isn't x86 compatible.  :-)

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-- Thomas