On November 25, 2014 11:10:06 AM Ian Campbell wrote: > On Mon, 2014-11-24 at 16:26 -0500, Samuel Comeau wrote: > > Hello Ian, > > > > > > Well, it appears I have made a mistake about the type of processor > > that's in here : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz. > > I think the P4 had 64-bit support in some variants, but it does sound > likely that yours isn't one of them. > > > I don't have the text of the menu screen for you yet, I would have to > > > > retry installing linux, which I haven't had the time to do yet. I can > > at least tell you, however, that the menu I got to was very similar to > > this one > > http://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/images/inst-boot.png , > > OK thanks for clarifying, so you are failing at the bootloader screen > and not making it to the installer proper. > > Given that I think what Steve said regarding not booting amd64 kernels > on i386 hardware is probably the most likely theory. I'm not sure why > the message about incompatible arch should be AWOL, perhaps related to > the bootloader having enabled graphical mode? > > Does an i386 image work on your system?
In fact, I do have an i386 image on my system, and some of the messages I posted about this bug were written from that same system, like the one with the linked picture. > > > apart from the fact that my installer boot menu didn't have 64 bit > > > > anywhere in it. > > I think (but I'm not 100% sure) that this is expected for a single arch > image, IOW if the image is only for amd64 then you just get "Install" > etc and not "64 bit install". "Install" will laucn amd64. > > For dual/multi-arch images then you get both options, one of which > launches 32-bit and the other 64-bit. > > > The hang occurs when I try to select any option. > > Ian. Sam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/3024626.oGLAlE95g1@garrosh
