[ale] wrong kernel after Debian squeeze install

[Damon Chesser]

John,

Technically, it did not install the wrong kernel, you did.  If you want x64 you will need to use amd64, not x686. See
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.3/amd64/iso-cd/

you only need to install with cd1, do only a base install, then use apt-get to install the system you want.  Conversely, you could do a net install:  http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.3/amd64/iso-cd/debian-6.0.3-amd64-netinst.iso which pulls all the needed files from a Debian repository.

In Debian x64= amd64 unless you have something like a spark:  see http://www.debian.org/CD/ and start drilling down to the cpu type you have.

HTH


Damon Chesser
dchesser at acsi2000.com
damon at damtek.com
-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of John Heim
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 12:10 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: [ale] wrong kernel after debian squeeze install

    All,

This morning I installed debian squeeze on a machine with an AMD64 CPU. But
the installer never asked me which kernel I wanted and it put a 686 kernel
on the thing.  Why did it do that and how can I make it either ask me or
make it default to a 64 bit kernel? Below is some of the output from
getSystemId & 'cat /proc/cpu_info'. Maybe a clue as to what the problme is
that if I do a uname -p, it says my processor is unknown. Maybe linux can't
ID  my CPU and therefore doesn't know its 64 bit?

Product Name: PowerEdge SC1435
BIOS Version: 1.1.2
Vendor:       Dell Inc.
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
model name      : Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2210

# uname -p
unknown

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