Promoting i386 version over x86_64?

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Thu Nov 19 23:39:16 UTC 2009


Bill McGonigle wrote:
> "Are you installing Fedora on the computer you're using now?" [YES]  [NO]
>   YES -> is any sort of check even possible if the user is running
> 32-bit on 64-bit?

Yes, if the CPU has the lm (long mode) flag, it's a 64-bit-capable CPU and 
using the 32-bit version is suboptimal.

        Kevin Kofler




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