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From: Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid>
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Subject: Re: why 32 bit ubuntu can install 64 bit openjdk?
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Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 08:58:49 +0300
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Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> writes:
> 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 

The OS installer installs the OS, and if it has chosen a 64-bit version,
there will be no PAE kernel installed.
OTOH, you often choose the OS version (including bitness) by choosing 
a specific installation media, and that is done before starting
the installer.

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Jukka Lahtinen