[7025] in Release_7.7_team
Re: PWOG link question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex T Prengel)
Tue Oct 19 17:06:34 2010
From: Alex T Prengel <alexp@MIT.EDU>
To: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@mit.edu>
Cc: "release-team@MIT.EDU" <release-team@mit.edu>, jogomes@mit.edu,
ymoret@mit.edu, pwhitney@mit.edu, davek@mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <201010191925.o9JJPVl0003602@speaker-for-the-dead.mit.edu>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO8859-1"
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:06:27 -0400
Message-ID: <1287522387.6583.10.camel@dit>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 15:25 -0400, Jonathon Weiss wrote:
> > 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
http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/iIl_/
Please note these are NOT in production yet and might be subject to some
redesign, but as far as I know they work properly.
Cheeers,
A.
