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From: Roger Mason <rmason@×××.ca>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] x86 boot failure [solved]
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 15:19:58
Message-Id: y65hbmfaiq3.fsf_-_@perthite.esd.mun.ca
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] x86 boot failure by Walter Dnes
1 "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@××××××××.org> writes:
2
3 > On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 11:49:01AM -0230, Roger Mason wrote
4 >
5 >> Egg on face. The processor is listed in the bios as Intel EM64T.
6 >>
7 >> Does that mean I should re-build this as an amd64 system?
8 >
9 > No, it's not necessary. 64-bit Intel and AMD cpus will run 32-bit
10 > mode without problems. It's your decision which one to use. General
11 > rule of thumb...
12 >
13 > - If you have 4 gigs or more of RAM, the 64-bit OS will take better
14 > advantage of it than a 32-bit OS.
15 >
16 > - If you have 3 gigs or less of RAM, stick with 32-bit.
17 >
18 > I'm running 32-bit mode on an Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4600 and it
19 > works fine.
20
21 I did some reading and found that Grub does not work on this hardware.
22 I installed and configured lilo and the system booted.
23
24 Cheers,
25 Roger