[clue] 32 bit app, 64 bit OS

Robert L. Harris robert.l.harris at gmail.com
Fri May 25 08:49:46 MDT 2012


I installed the ia32-libs package and that was it,  nothing else to do to
run 32bit on 64.

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 8:44 AM, <grant at amadensor.com> wrote:

> I am wondering the pitfalls of running 32 bit applications on 64 bit Linux.
>
> We are looking at upgrading a large enterprise system.   It would be
> very helpful if we could upgrade the operating system first, because
> then we can upgrade the application in place and carry over all of our
> settings and data more easily.   The old version is a 32 bit
> application, the new one is a 64 bit application.   If we upgrade the
> hardware and operating system first, this is better, since it is due a
> hardware upgrade anyway, and we are looking at maybe moving it to a
> new data center.   We would like to run this way for a while, then do
> the upgrade, since it is a large project to upgrade this mess.  Where
> is this going to bite us?
>
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