On Wed, 9 Feb 2011, Camaleón wrote:
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 11:16:46 +0000 (UTC)
From: Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit
Resent-Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 11:17:20 +0000 (UTC)
Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:43:59 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
Could the Release Notes include a component that matches CPU model with
appropriate distribution version?
(...)
For someone who is going to install an OS, that's something that should
be found by the user itself. More than a mere "technical" decision (both
architectures -i386 and amd64- will work under 64-bits machines),
choosing between the two is something that is completely up to the user's
preferences as there are many other aspects to consider beyond going A or
B.
If in doubt, better ask here or in forums.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
The problem is in knowing whether a particular CPU is compatible with
the 64 bit version of the operating system, or whether it requires the
32 bit version.
For example, the Pentium 4, from memory, is a 64 bit CPU, but is
incompatible with the 64 bit version of Debian Linux, and requires to
run the 32 bit version; the i386 version, that is incompatible with
i386's.
I can ask a question - does the I3, I5 and I7 range of CPU's require to
run the 32 bit version of Debian Linux, or, can they run the 64 bit
version, and, the question might (or, might not) get answered on the
list, and then, a couple of weeks, or, a few weeks, later, along comes
someone else, who asks the same question, and, so-on, ad nauseum, with
the question getting repeatedly asked, because the information is not
included in the documentation.
Inclusion of such information in the documentation, means that people
who want to know the information, do not need to ask it on mailing
lists, and, therefore, can reduce the derision on the mailing list.
If my memory is correct, for a computer to include 8GB of RAM, that is
addressable by the CPU, the CPU would necessarily be a 64 bit CPU, to
be able to address that much RAM.
But, apparently, not all 64 bit CPU's are compatible with the 64 bit
version of Debian Linux, as (from what I understand) the 64 bit version
of Debian Linux is only compatible with a small subset of the 64 bit
CPU's.
If it is too much trouble to include in the Realease Notes, a list of
CPU's and whether they are compatible with each of the 32 bit and 64 bit
versions of Debian Linux, then, could it not be done to include a list
of CPU's, for which, the 64 bit version of Debian Linux is compatible,
and thence to state that all CPU's not included in that list, should be
taken to be incompatible with 64 bit Debian Linux?
That, at least, would be of some help for people who want to install the
correct operating system, and, not simply regard the operating system as
one that does not work, because they belive that it should work with
their computer, and it does not?
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............
"So once you do know what the question actually is,
you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
written by Douglas Adams,
published by Pan Books, 1992
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