Re: Can 32-bit Linux be installed on 64-bit laptop (and is it a good idea)?

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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@xxxxxx


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