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From: Roger Mason <rmason@mun.ca>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] x86 boot failure [solved]
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 12:48:12 -0230	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <y65hbmfaiq3.fsf_-_@perthite.esd.mun.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100509214655.GA24191@waltdnes.org> (Walter Dnes's message of "Sun, 9 May 2010 17:46:55 -0400")

"Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> writes:

> On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 11:49:01AM -0230, Roger Mason wrote
>
>> Egg on face.  The processor is listed in the bios as Intel EM64T.
>> 
>> Does that mean I should re-build this as an amd64 system?
>
>   No, it's not necessary.  64-bit Intel and AMD cpus will run 32-bit
> mode without problems.  It's your decision which one to use.  General
> rule of thumb...
>
> - If you have 4 gigs or more of RAM, the 64-bit OS will take better
>   advantage of it than a 32-bit OS.
>
> - If you have 3 gigs or less of RAM, stick with 32-bit.
>
>   I'm running 32-bit mode on an Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4600 and it
> works fine.

I did some reading and found that Grub does not work on this hardware.
I installed and configured lilo and the system booted.

Cheers,
Roger



  reply	other threads:[~2010-05-10 15:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-06  8:37 [gentoo-user] x86 boot failure Roger Mason
2010-05-06 11:52 ` Mick
2010-05-06 12:38   ` Roger Mason
2010-05-06 12:51     ` Mick
2010-05-06 13:03     ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-06 13:34       ` Dale
2010-05-06 14:06         ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-06 15:03           ` Dale
2010-05-06 15:25             ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-06 16:03               ` Dale
2010-05-07  6:28                 ` Mick
2010-05-07  8:22                   ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-06 14:19     ` Roger Mason
2010-05-09 21:46       ` Walter Dnes
2010-05-10 15:18         ` Roger Mason [this message]
2010-05-07  8:51   ` Peter Humphrey
2010-05-06 14:25 ` Stroller
2010-05-06 15:37   ` Roger Mason
2010-05-06 16:03     ` Helmut Jarausch
2010-05-06 16:48     ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-07  7:07   ` Andrea Conti
2010-05-07 10:03     ` Roger Mason
2010-05-07 11:30       ` Helmut Jarausch
2010-05-07 13:33         ` Roger Mason
2010-05-08 14:16           ` [gentoo-user] Boot gentoo with GTP Disk label claude angéloz
2010-05-08 19:30             ` Mick
2010-05-10 16:01             ` Paul Hartman
2010-05-12 20:00               ` Mick
2010-05-12 20:47                 ` Paul Hartman
2010-05-12 21:47                   ` Mick
2010-05-12 21:59                     ` Paul Hartman
2010-05-12 22:22             ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2010-05-13 21:08               ` Stroller
2010-05-13 22:12                 ` Mick
2010-05-13 23:21                   ` walt
2010-05-14 11:34                     ` Tanstaafl
2010-05-14 12:23                       ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-14 14:45                         ` Tanstaafl
2010-05-15 14:58                           ` walt

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