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

On 11/10/05, Ariz C. Jacinto <[email protected]> wrote:
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> 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.


you mean it's better to use the 64 bit version? are all apps in a 64 bit
distro 64 bit? or there are also 32 bit?

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