david medberry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 08:53 +0200, Jens Krause wrote: >> Hallo, >> >> I need your help: I have a Dell PowerEdge 2800 that has an Intel 64 bit >> architecture (Xeon) > > IA64 is Itanium processor--not Xeon. You need to be using the amd64 > version of debian (which does support the 64 bit Intel processor). > > See http://wiki.debian.net/?DebianAMD64Faq and > > > Q: Is this port only for AMD 64-bit CPUs? > > A: No. "amd64" is the name chosen by AMD for their 64-bit architecture. > Before release, it was called "x86_64", and some distributions continue > to use this name. Intel refers to its x86_64 instruction set CPUs as > "EM64T". The architecture is still the same, and Debian amd64 will run > on AMD and Intel x86 processors with 64-bit support. In honor of the > inventing company, AMD, Debian uses the name amd64. > > for details.
Maybe it would help if http://cdimage.debian.org/ would actualy contain links to the amd64 images. People probably search and search and the only thing they see that even partly matches is ia64. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
