Debian 32/64

[Hypex]

Are there any particular reasons to chose 32 bit user space over 64 bit? Such as stability? Can 64 bit binaries execute in 32 bit user space under a 64 bit kernel? Or even opposite to that user space?

[xeno74]

Hi
Yes I think so.
Its not the kernel. But it's strange that the 5 serie work. But its good for me. I can update and maybe its change some day.
: )

Have you seen any error messages if you boot Debian Sid PPC64 with the kernel 6.14-rc5?

Maybe something is missing in the kernel for the latest Debian Sid PPC64.

[musa]

Have you seen any error messages if you boot Debian Sid PPC64 with the kernel 6.14-rc5?

Maybe something is missing in the kernel for the latest Debian Sid PPC64.

Hi
I'll try to take a closer look tomorrow. I'm a bit busy today.
Have a nice day

[musa]

Kernel panic occurs sporadically on my system and for the most part it's an error in the FAT file system on the usb disk I'm using. It occurs if I delete or copy new files onto the disk.

What is the FAT volume being used for in this case?

Hi
Do you mean which fat system or which product brand? In this case it was fat16 on a Verbatim disk. I've tried many different brands and both fat16 and fat32 and I don't see any difference.
Have a nice day

[musa]

Have you seen any error messages if you boot Debian Sid PPC64 with the kernel 6.14-rc5?

Maybe something is missing in the kernel for the latest Debian Sid PPC64.

Hi
As far as I can see the boot proceeds ok until the systemd error
This is the error I can see
Just before the systemd error there is a fail to load regulatory.db .
I don't know if it has any connection. I don't think so ,because I see that error on other kernels that boot.

[Hypex]

Hi
Do you mean which fat system or which product brand? In this case it was fat16 on a Verbatim disk. I've tried many different brands and both fat16 and fat32 and I don't see any difference.
Have a nice day

Hi. Actually I meant neither. I meant what kind of files were stored on it. To explain I wasn't sure if you had managed install and run Linux off a FAT volume from the USB. Or just using it for general files.

Even though it hasn't changed in years, I find CFE too unreliable with USB sticks. I've soft ejected them. Dismounted and and safely removed them. Reformatted as FAT12. CFE continues to be as stubborn as ever. Load in CFE and usually get blank dir listing. When files do show up I can''t get any to batch execute any more.

The sailorMH fix is to format as Ext2. I'm sure I did this in the past. But I tend to re-purpose USB sticks quickly when I need a spare.

[xeno74]

Latest sources.list (/etc/apt/sources.list):

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# binary default
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unstable main
deb http://incoming.ports.debian.org/buildd/ unstable main
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unreleased main

# contrib and non-free arch:all packages (i.e. firmware)
deb [arch=all] http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable contrib non-free non-free-firmware

# source
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
deb-src http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/ buildd-unstable main