Upgrading from 32 bit to 64 bit 2006-09-07 - By Waldher, Travis R
Back > -- --Original Message-- -- > From: Rick Stevens [mailto:rstevens@(protected)] > Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 1:47 PM > To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux > Subject: Re: Upgrading from 32 bit to 64 bit > > > On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 10:32 -0700, Waldher, Travis R wrote: > > What is involved for Redhat AS 4.0? > > > > The system was initially built 32bit, but some users would like it > > running in 64. > > > > Is it as simple as loading a different kernel? :fingerscrossed: > > Well, yeah, but most of your applications won't be accelerated that > much. A full 64-bit system will have most of the utilities (/bin, > /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, etc.) built with 64-bit as well as having > full 64-bit libraries (/usr/lib64 as well as /usr/lib).
Ok, so the only safe and reliable way for compilation work to get a performance gain will be to do a rebuild of the system. Correct?
If so, I was afraid of that...
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