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From: Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid>
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Subject: Re: why 32 bit ubuntu can install 64 bit openjdk?
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 21:42:58 +0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 04 Jul 2013 23:08:01 +0200, Joerg Meier wrote:

> On Thu, 4 Jul 2013 20:47:54 +0000 (UTC), Martin Gregorie wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 03 Jul 2013 17:53:50 +0300, Jukka Lahtinen wrote:
>>> There wouldn't BE a 32 bit OS with more than 4 GB of memory, if the OS
>>> installer would automatically choose a 64 bit version.
>> Of course there could. If you want that, you just run a Linux PAE
>> kernel on 64 bit hardware.
> 
> How would you run a PAE kernel if a 64 bit kernel was automatically
> installed ? While what you said is true, you don't seem to have read
> what you responded to.
>
Huh? IIRC it is the JRE that's being automatically installed, not the 
kernel. If the installer is any good, it should recognise that its 
dealing with a PAE kernel and install a 32 bit JRE. However, as the OP is 
actually using a 64bit kernel, not surprisingly, he got a 64 bit JRE 
installed.

In any case, I was deliberately OTT because I was explaining to Sven that 
its perfectly possible to run a 32 bit OS on 64bit iron and not entirely 
stupid to do it either.


Cheers,
Martin
 

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