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Re: PWOG link question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathon Weiss)
Tue Oct 19 15:25:38 2010
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From: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
To: Alex Prengel <alexp@MIT.EDU>
cc: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>,
"release-team@MIT.EDU" <release-team@MIT.EDU>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 19 Oct 2010 01:37:31 EDT."
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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:25:31 -0400
> On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 20:32 -0400, Jonathon Weiss wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 18:16 -0400, Jonathon Weiss wrote:
> > > > The PWOG in hermes links to
> > > > http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/athena/article for instruction on
> > > > installing TSM on DebAthena, but that page says "32 bit" in big
> > > > letters (and numbers) at the top. Is it still correct? If not is
> > > > there a better document?
> > > >
> > > > Jonathon
> > > >
> > >
> > > We're right in the middle of switching this over to a combined 32/64 bit
> > > version but for right now only 32 bit Ubuntu TSM is officially
> > > supported. I'm working with the TSM team to get this done, probably
> > > within 3-6 weeks.
> > >
> > > If anyone needs 64 bit backup sooner they should talk to me or jdreed,
> > > we can work something out.
> >
> > Can you confirm that the 32-bit version is expected to work on a
> > 64-bit lucid machine? If so, I don't think th user will care. If
> > not, they will definately need someone to talk to.
> >
> > Jonathon
> >
>
> There's a separate install archive for 64 bit machines from the one for
> 32 bit machines. It combines some 32 bit and some 64 bit binaries. It's
> been tested on 64 bit machines. The current, publicly accessible 32 bit
> archive should not be used on 64 bit machines as it most likely won't
> work.
>
> I have instructions and an installer for the 64 bit version ready but
> they're not public yet. I can make these available tomorrow if you tell
> me who should get them.
Well, I'd like to be able to see them, and it would probably be a good
idea for Joyce <jogomes> to be able to too. The user in question is
<ymoret> who is a grad student for <einstein>.
Jonathon
