Matthew Daubney wrote: >> >> Hi Neil, >> >> Sorry I took so long to answer your message. I lost it in all the e-mail >> things I have. I have 3 Ubuntu and 2 windows. Gets confusing now and again. >> >> No its not the same pc. Its a friends. It seems that Wubi only wants to >> install the amd version, I have tried to install it again on another pc >> and that is the version it installed again, even though it is on a a 32 >> bit machine, so thats 2 separate machines that tried to install the >> wrong version, kind of odd. >> >> Sorry again, >> >> John. >> > > Hi John, > > Are those machines core 2 duo machines? If so then they support 64bit > and Wubi would use the 64bit if available (it queries the chip itself to > ask if it has 64bit support) > > Reading through the FAQ on the Wubi site > (http://wubi-installer.org/faq.php) > > " > Why is the AMD64 version of Ubuntu getting downloaded and installed? > You probably have a 64 bit machine, the 64AMD installation is > appropriate for all 64 bit architectures whether AMD or Intel. > > > Can I force Wubi to download and install a 32 bit version of Ubuntu? > Yes, either pre-download the appropriate 32 bit ISO manually and place > it in the same folder as Wubi.exe or start Wubi with the "--32bit" > argument." > > So you can force Wubi to download the 32bit version by going start -> > run then browsing to where you downloaded wubi and then putting --32bit > outside of the speechmarks. Or you can download the 32bit cd image > yourself and place it in the same directory as wubi. > > Hope that helps, > > -Matt Daubney > > > > My PC is dual core, my laptop no, at least I dont think so, maybe that explains it. If it is dual core that could explain why it was dwnloading the 64bit version.
I did see that about the forcing of the 32 bit install, but I didnt understand what it was talking about. :( It is useful information though for anybody else who has the same problem. When I first installed it, it worked perfectly, but then I found I had problems installing stuff. Not very good with change, I've just learned how to use it this way. Thank you so much for the info though, I really appreciate the help. John. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
