Re: vfat /home partition; 32bit OS on a 64bit Machine

"Ariz C. Jacinto" <[email protected]> Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:59:02 +0800
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.linux.philippine.newbies
Message-ID <[email protected]>
jhuniepi wrote:

> Question 1: when installing linux, can create a vfat partition and 
> mount it as /home so that it will contain files shared by windows and 
> linux on a dual boot machine?


yes, it can be done.



> Question2: In installing linux for 32bit in a 64bit machine, .... will 
> it use the full potential of 64bit machine even its OS is 32bit? .... 


nope. benchmarks even tells that 32-bit apps are slow on 64-bit machines.



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