Last I checked you still had to specify kfreebsd-amd64 yourself in the
sources.list file. Try switching to a console to play around with it. (Be
prepared for a lot of this if you run kfreebsd - it's not the most well
supported at the moment)

On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Philipp Martis <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> installing jessie on an amd64 VirtualBox (4.3.32-dfsg-1+deb8u2) doesn't
> work. The screen turns red and the installer says "Architecture not
> supported [...] Please try a different mirror."
> This happens at least with the mirrors httpredir.debian.org, de.debian.org,
> no.debian.org and us.debian.org when using the current mini.iso. The
> problem seems to persist since at least 3 months. I tried all listed
> mirrors (but not httpredir.debian.org) back then and didn't get it to
> work.
> Installing wheezy works, though. Interestingly, if you first choose
> wheezy, then go back and choose jessie (if necessary after a few tries), it
> seems to work but then installs wheezy. Also, if you choose jessie first,
> get the error and try again, wheezy has disappeared from the list of the
> offered releases. Trying to install stretch or sid yields the same error.
> I hope you can help me finally getting a nice kfreebsd jessie system!
> Thanks for your work!
>
> Regards
> Philipp
>
>

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