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"Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com> writes:

> Understood,
>
> Does the default "GENERIC" kernel see them as i386 or amd64 when
> booting then?, or does using amd64 require a custom kernel?

The kernel and the rest of the system are compiled for i386 or amd64.
You can run amd64 software on amd64 architecture hardware, and you can
run i386 software on i386 or amd64 hardware.

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Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
		http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/