On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 07:19 -0400, Peter Arremann wrote: > On Thursday 18 August 2005 07:11, Nick wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Just wanted to check which branch was the correct one for a Xeon EMT64? > IA64 is itanium - that's out... x86_64 or i386 depends on the intended use of > your system. If it is a server and has lots of memory then the 64bit variant > is the right for you. If you need something that is easier to use and do not > have >2Gb ram, you're better off with i386 in my opinion. > > The reason for that is that several applications (i.e. firefox plugins) will > have to run 32bit even if you installed the 64bit x86_64 OS since no 64bit > versions are available. To achive that, x86_64 contains a complete 32bit > runtime environment. This means you need more disk space (i.e. for the 64bit > and the 32bit versions of libraries) and you have a better chance of getting > something wrong (i.e. the 64bit library of something you need is installed > but you would need the 32bit version. A simple rpm -qa will show the package > is installed but when running your 32bit app, it will still fail). Yum will > take care of most of this, but if you're new to linux and/or do not want to > have to deal with these things, a i386 install is just simpler. > I agree with Peter ... if it is going to be a server that doesn't need lots of multimedia apps and openoffice, etc ... then use x86_64. If it is going to be a workstation (or a Terminal server for many people to use as a workstation), then I would use i386. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050818/c75ed5b0/attachment-0005.sig>