32bit install will work on Intel and AMD desktop CPUs except that you will only have access to 4 GiB of addressable memory (this includes RAM and memory mapped devices, so total available RAM will be less than 4 GiB).
There should be no reason to install a 32 bit version of Linux since the 64 bit version is quite mature at this point. On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 11:50 PM, Joe Shuttleworth <joes...@shaw.ca> wrote: > I was able to boot up CrunchBang today with the System Rescue CD, but not > Windows. CrunchBang seems to be working ok now.Is it alright to run the 32 > bit version on a 64 bit Intel laptop? > > I tried to reinstall grub in the MBR: > root@sysresccd /root % grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/custom /dev/sda > > and got this message > > root@sysresccd /root % /dev/sda does not have any corresponding BIOS drive > > I was hoping to do a clean install, from what I've read Windows will only > let me shrink the partition to half and I don't want to leave it with 300 G. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris" <gafu...@netscape.net> > To: "CLUG General" <clug-talk@clug.ca> > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 6:38:40 PM > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Computer not booting > > Hi Joe, > > Sorry you're having problems with your dual boot setup. I've never > tried crunchbang in a dual boot set up. I wonder how well it plays with > windows, especially with an EFI drive. I can tell you Ubuntu works well > with Windows 7. In theory, crunchbang should work fine. If I were in > your shoes I'd do the following: > > 1) Clean install windows 7. Allow windows to partition the drive the > way it wants. This usually means 3 partitions, including a 300MB boot > partition and a 20 GB or so recovery partition in addition to the main. > > 2)Shrink main windows partition (not the boot or recovery) from within > windows. > > 3)make windows recovery CD (just in case) > > 3)Install Crunchbang on free space. Allow Crunchbang to auto partition > the drive (making sure not to touch the windows stuff). Don't do manual > partitioning here. > > You shouldn't really need to do anything else. > > Good luck. > > Chris > > On 13-09-29 03:47 PM, Joe Shuttleworth wrote: > > I'm having trouble with my computer not booting and was wondering if > someone would be able to help. I have a laptop that was working fine > yesterday morning: Acer Aspire5742z 64 bit. I partitioned the hard drive > and installed Windows 7 in the first partition and Linux in 3 other > partitions: / /home and swap. After I installed Windows everything seemed > ok and I did some updates and shut things down. I latter installed > CrunchBang Waldorf. The Linux install didn't go well: I couldn't use any of > the menu to access anything in CrunchBang, all I got was "failed to execute > child process (input/output error). I rebooted and the computer died. I > can't boot into either OS, I can't even boot the System Recovery CD that I > have. > > > > I'm hoping someone will have some incite into this. I don't know how > much is hardware or software related. I installed Grub in the MBR. I don't > know if that would cause the problem. > > > > > > Thanks for any help. > > > > Joe > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > clug-talk@clug.ca > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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