[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lennart Sorensen) writes: > On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 12:37:16PM -0400, Matthias Julius wrote: >> Does d-i need to run in 64bit mode to be able to install a amd64 >> system? > > It needs a 64bit kernel to run 64bit binaries, and since many post > installs run binaries, I would say yes it does.
Yes, post-installs are a problem. > > You could probably isntall 32bit using a 64bit kernel though, so if the > boot laoder for the installer always loaded a 64bit kernel on any cpu > capable of running it, then you could still let people pick which they > want. If you can detect whether the CPU supportst 64bit before booting the kernel then the problem doesn't exist. Can Grub be set up in a way that it falls back on booting a 32-bit kernel if the 64-bit one doesn't boot? Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]