From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FCD64-0002tS-Ms for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:49:17 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1N9kv4K023817; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:46:57 GMT Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1N9giW2013411 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:42:44 GMT Received: (qmail 9258 invoked by uid 0); 23 Feb 2006 09:42:44 -0000 Received: from 157.247.252.14 by www045.gmx.net with HTTP; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:42:44 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:42:44 +0100 (MET) From: jarry@gmx.net To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: [gentoo-user] amd64/x86 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Authenticated: #787166 Message-ID: <403.1140687764@www045.gmx.net> X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 1.6 (Global Message Exchange) X-Flags: 0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 517aaaa3-d80e-47ab-bfea-fb67466045dd X-Archives-Hash: 4e89f4e0599a54bec00e54b875ffd8aa Hi, I'm going to install Gentoo on Athlon64-based workstation, but I'm a little confused about hardware profiles and their compatibility: If I select now amd64, will I be able later to install and use x86 software, if there is no amd64 release (for example precompiled game-binaries, or even some sources which are only for x86, not amd64)? Or do I have to use x86 installation profile? Jarry -- Telefonieren Sie schon oder sparen Sie noch? NEU: GMX Phone_Flat http://www.gmx.net/de/go/telefonie -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list