On 11/15/08 14:19, Bill Shannon wrote: > I just rebooted my system. Now it doesn't boot into the original > boot environment either. :-( > > FYI, when booting it says: > > cpu: 'GenuineIntel' family 15 model 2 step 7 > amd64: CPU does NOT support long mode > amd64: CPU does not support amd64 executables. > ... > Loading '/platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive' ... > > It's not trying to run the wrong kind of binaries on my machine, is it? > Is ISADIR being set to amd64 even though my machine can't run amd64 > executables?
If your machine can't run amd64, $ISDIR won't be set to amd64. It will pick up the 32 version. > When I boot from the live CD, it also only has an amd64 > directory; I don't know how this is supposed to work. > Anyway, since my system is now completely unusable, I'm about to > reinstall it. > > Lin, do you want me to check anything to debug this problem before > I destroy all the evidence? Error 16 could indeed mean the filesystem is corrupted. I remember Ethan got into this state once, but we didn't figure out why the filesystem got bad. Please feel free to reinstall. Lin