Re: Promoting i386 version over x86_64?

["Rallias UberNerd" <robinstar1574 gmail com>]

On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:39:16 -0600, Kevin Kofler <kevin kofler chello at>  
wrote:

> 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
But wouldn't it be better to use 32 bit when less then 4 GB of ram is  
present?


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