-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 05:50:22PM +0100, Stephane Durieux wrote: > Hello, > > simple question for a newbie like me (euh for me hard question in fact), I > would like to install debian etch ia64 on a dell poweredge 2900, but it > cannot work ! > I obtain a freeze during the boot process > > Instead the use of i386 image works perfectly. > > nevertheless, dell poweredge 2900 has a intel xeon dual core which normally > handles 64 bit. ia64 is for the intel ithanium cpus... the 64bit mode of opterons, athlon64 and intel p4/xeon is called either x86-64, amd64 or em64t... either way, you have to use the amd64 flavour of images, either ther unoffical ones for sarge: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/sarge-amd64/
or, with etch & sid you will find them on the debian-installer homepage: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ yours albert - -- Albert Dengg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBRYq+4CIMiEpzxsFKAQI/KQP/U/7NbqEVw1h/592RFOVyqMWB8d9Y5IqY y8Uea+ACPETI+hI9bq9k7cH+omsfBzOINq8xfK9LjBLxv/005lGN5rGUJbjoNbmo BBooiDZQ26/uk5+Geqh0ofkr1WcVgCSjmLnytgonfD9LmTWfrfP64sxHVPP67yXh 78D3VCtxvDQ= =oPTD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]