centOS 6.9 32bit on a 64bit system

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llwb
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centOS 6.9 32bit on a 64bit system

Post by llwb » 2017/08/07 03:57:29

Hi, can I install centOS 32bit on a 64bit system ? Is there a guide one how to do this ?

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Re: centOS 6.9 32bit on a 64bit system

Post by gerald_clark » 2017/08/07 05:01:46

Yes. Nothing special about it.

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Re: centOS 6.9 32bit on a 64bit system

Post by TrevorH » 2017/08/07 08:18:22

Yes but why would you? 64 bit is faster though it does use a bit more RAM.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke

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Re: centOS 6.9 32bit on a 64bit system

Post by llwb » 2017/08/17 03:46:19

there is some driver that my company use only support 32bit OS and yes it is pretty slow.

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Re: centOS 6.9 32bit on a 64bit system

Post by Whoever » 2017/08/17 05:56:00

"driver"? What do you mean by this?

You can run 32-bit programs on a 64-bit system, assuming that you have the necessary libraries installed.

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Re: centOS 6.9 32bit on a 64bit system

Post by llwb » 2017/08/21 03:31:55

there is this .ko file that wont work if I use a 64bit system .

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Re: centOS 6.9 32bit on a 64bit system

Post by Whoever » 2017/08/21 04:51:14

llwb wrote:there is this .ko file that wont work if I use a 64bit system .
So re-compile it. You have the source don't you?

If you don't have the source, that sounds like a possible violation of the GPL to me.

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Re: centOS 6.9 32bit on a 64bit system

Post by llwb » 2017/08/22 02:02:56

I tried but the .ko code depends on some 32bit .o files which I don't have the code ...

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