Mixed multiple architecture Debian installation

2012-07-14 Thread L V Gandhi
I have a PC with core2 duo E4500 processor which shows by Intel processor identification utility as 64 bit architecture. I have Windows XP and Debian squeeze 32 bit installed with dual boot started by Debian grub. Can I install ia64 version as triple booting and boot with grub of ia64 version in

Re: Mixed multiple architecture Debian installation

2012-07-14 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 17:54:34 +0530 L V Gandhi lvgl...@gmail.com wrote: Hello L, Can I install ia64 version as triple booting and boot with grub of ia64 version in MBR? For your processor, you want AMD64, not ia64. -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is / _)rad

Re: Mixed multiple architecture Debian installation

2012-07-14 Thread L V Gandhi
On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Brad Rogers b...@fineby.me.uk wrote: On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 17:54:34 +0530 L V Gandhi lvgl...@gmail.com wrote: Hello L, Can I install ia64 version as triple booting and boot with grub of ia64 version in MBR? For your processor, you want AMD64, not ia64. --

Re: Mixed multiple architecture Debian installation

2012-07-14 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:15:09 +0530 L V Gandhi lvgl...@gmail.com wrote: Hello L, My processor is Intel core 2 duo. Why amd64? Can You explain? That's what Debian use to describe the x86_64 architecture. ia_64 is for Itanium processors. Unless I've missed something, your processor isn't from

Re: Mixed multiple architecture Debian installation

2012-07-14 Thread L V Gandhi
On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Brad Rogers b...@fineby.me.uk wrote: On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:15:09 +0530 L V Gandhi lvgl...@gmail.com wrote: Hello L, My processor is Intel core 2 duo. Why amd64? Can You explain? That's what Debian use to describe the x86_64 architecture. ia_64 is for

Re: Mixed multiple architecture Debian installation

2012-07-14 Thread Mika Suomalainen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 14.07.2012 15:45, L V Gandhi wrote: My processor is Intel core 2 duo. Why amd64? Can You explain? Amd64 is just how the architecture is called. It doesn't matter if you have AMD or Intel processor. For more information, see [Wikipedia].

Re: Mixed multiple architecture Debian installation

2012-07-14 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:59:56 +0530 L V Gandhi lvgl...@gmail.com wrote: Hello L, Thank You! YW. Can amd64 squeeze Grub in MBR boot i386 and win XP? Yes. You may need to add the package 'os-prober' to make sure all installed OS are found. -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly

Re: Mixed multiple architecture Debian installation

2012-07-14 Thread L V Gandhi
On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Brad Rogers b...@fineby.me.uk wrote: On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:59:56 +0530 L V Gandhi lvgl...@gmail.com wrote: Hello L, Thank You! YW. Can amd64 squeeze Grub in MBR boot i386 and win XP? Yes. You may need to add the package 'os-prober' to make sure all