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Subject: Re: ia64 vs amd
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<pssl@nb.sympatico.ca> writes:
> I paid someone to download ia64,and i have a complete copy,but my
> server is a supermicro server and is a xeon based board,so can i
> just change kernel by swapping it out with one from an amd boot
> disk?

An ia64 kernel will not run on a Xeon.  You must be thinking of amd64,
which will run on EM64T-capable Xeons.

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