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Old 04-03-2012, 08:17 AM   #1
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what will happen if we install a 64 bit rpm in 32 bit machine.


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I want to know what will happen if we install a 64 bit rpm in 32 bit machine.

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Old 04-03-2012, 08:22 AM   #2
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Ideally, it wouldn't let you do it. (Because you'd just be wasting your time and disk space.) Otherwise, it'd install software that probably wouldn't be used at all by the 32-bit system.
 
  


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