> Without further any warning/information about that other 64bit architecture > intel, amd etc are producing: amd64. A *lot* of people try to use ia64 > installation media to install Debian on their Opteron's etc, and then mail > (for example) debian-cd that the cd is broken and doesn't boot.
I am not disputing that the wording can be improved, but please note: > The paragraph in question could and IMHO should be more elaborate, like, > saying it's Intel *alpha* 64, aka Itanium, What is "Intel alpha 64"? I've never heard of such a thing :-) ia64 != Itanium, just as Linux != RedHat. > The fact that i386 is also called ia32 above, without any introduction to > what ia32 means, isn't helping at all of course. If it doesn't serve > anything, I strongly suggest to drop the name of 'ia-32', I've never > heard of it before, while eh, I've been an i386 users for quite some time. Well, ia32 is a very common name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IA-32 randolph -- Randolph Chung Debian GNU/Linux Developer, hppa/ia64 ports http://www.tausq.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
