[mdlug] Moving to Debian 64bit - Lessons Learned?

[Bruce Smith]

Before you upgrade to a 64bit distro, boot from a 64bit live CD, like
Ubuntu, and check your available memory (free).

I did this on my 4GB PC and I didn't have any more usable memory than
the 32bit Ubuntu (3GB).  My research leads me to believe the problem
is due to limitations in my BIOS.

Since there wasn't any memory advantage, I went with a 32bit distro to
save some headaches.

 - BS



On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Stan Green<Stan at mcomputersolutions.com> wrote:
> I am going to attempt to move my main desktop PC to Debian 5.0.2 64bit. (I'm
> doing it on a different PC, so I can keep my current one running until I have
> the new one running correctly.)  This is my first attempt at a 64bit Linux
> install. Are there any lessons others have learned from making this switch or
> with Debian 64bit? Has anyone had success/failure with VMWare Workstation 5.5
> in this configuration?
>
> FYI: My main reason to go to 64bit is to be able to access more than 3gb of
> memory. Running VMWare can quickly chew up memory.