[ale] How do I install 32 bit SuSe 9.3 on a 64 bit system?

[Jim Lynch]

Thanks for all the tips.  I really don't want 64 bit.  It's too new and 
I'm not really using this for anything that needs 64 bits.  In fact, 
since I write software for 32 bit systems, it would be more trouble to 
do it on a 64 bit platform.  I did find that one of the initial menus 
has a pretty well hidden menu at the bottom that say "F6 64Bit"  I hit 
F6 and sure enough I had a menu option to set it to 32 bits.  2 hours 
later I have a running SuSe 9.3 laptop.  X looks crappy, but it's at 
least displaying something unlike Debian.  It will do for now until I 
can crank up sax and see if I can get it to do a bit more.  I've see a 
few comments on the web about drivers for this thing for accelerated 2 
and 3 D displays, but unless that's the only way to get better 
resolution, I'll not bother. 

Thanks,
Jim.

Jim Lynch wrote:

>I've got this new Presario with a 64 bit AMD chip.  I installed Debian 
>on it, but never could get X configured.  I've always had better luck 
>with SuSe on unusual hardware so I installed 9.3.  Unfortunately it 
>installed a 64 bit kernel and other assorted 64 bit programs, but it 
>won't boot.  Now I'm trying to go back and install a 32 bit kernel and 
>can't figure out how to tell it to do just that.  It insists on 
>installing a 64 bit kernel.  I looked in the packages but there isn't a 
>package listed anywhere that suggests it is linux or kernel or whatever. 
>
>Any suggestions would be welcome.  I'm staring at the Yast screen, 
>"Installations settings" right now.  I'm booting from a minimal cdrom 
>and doing a network install.
>
>Thanks,
>Jim.
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