[CentOS] Dumb question about a Xeon Procesor

Aleksandar Milivojevic alex at milivojevic.org
Sat Jul 15 18:13:20 UTC 2006


Erick Perez wrote:
> Sorry to ask here but never used a Xeon before. Tomorrow i need to
> install Centos 4.3 on a Quad Xeon (not dual core). Xeon is a 32 bit or
> 64 bit system?
> I already have centos 4.3 x86_64 on a Dvd and im not sure if i need to
> download another ISO or can I use the one i have?

It should simply work (unless the server is something excotic).  Xeons 
are basically Pentiums on steroids (and frankly, they are not as fast as 
they are expensive).  Older Xeons are 32-bit.  Some newer Xeons are 
64-bit (the "EM64T").




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