amd64 on Asus K8V SE Deluxe

[Francois Tigeot]

On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 09:23:07PM +0200, Alex D'Elia wrote:
> * Sean McNeil <sean at mcneil.com> [041002 21:10]:
> 
> > On Sat, 2004-10-02 at 12:00, Mikhail P. wrote:
> > > On Saturday 02 October 2004 18:48, Alex D'Elia wrote:
> > > 
> > > Yes, that's the issue with linux compatibility on amd64..
> > > It seems like you'll be using computer as desktop, so I would suggest that you 
> > > switch to 32bit mode - it will be still (almost) as fast as in 64bit - and 
> > > install i386 distribution. That way you will have much less issues with 
> > > emulation/multimedia.
> > 
> > 32-bit Linux emulation would be all he could use in 32-bit mode anyway. 
> > Linux32 emulation works great for me and I have no significant issues
> > with anything running in 64-bit mode natively either.  The only
> > exception being the lack of a Java VM.  This is a well-known limitation
> > that will hopefully be addressed when Suns Java 5 comes out with a
> > source license in a few more weeks.
> 
> exactly..... and actually this was a machine for users and also a machine
> for myself ( it was my first machine, which died after years of non stop
> running, because of an hardware problem ..... PCs :/ ....tz ! ).
> So i wont switch it because it would be no sense for me to get and
> amd64 and use it in 32bit mode.
> 
> But what's that thing about Linux32 ??
> where do I find it ?

This page has detailled instructions on how to enable i386 Linux
emulation:

http://people.freebsd.org/~tjr/linux32.html

The instructions are for Slackware but it is possible to use one of the
linux_base ports with some hacking.

I'm using java/linux-sun-jdk14 without any problem.

-- 
Francois Tigeot