Hi, On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Jeremy Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > > > Someone suggested I try the -amd64 kernels which provide 64 bit but > when I try > > > to boot it I get various errors about "this CPU does not support long > > > (something) please use a 32-bit OS" - the 64 bit install CD says the > same > > > message. So I assume these are not 64 bit CPUs. > > > > > > > They almost certainly are. Look at the contents of /proc/cpuinfo. > > > > You are probably using a 32-bit OS. You can't use a lot of memory > > efficiently unless you install a 64-bit OS, regardless of whether it > > has "big memory support". But that's an x86_64 OS, not an AMD64 OS. > > These are not the same architecture. > > > > Er, since he's talking about a 6650, a 6th generation Dell machine, it very > likely *does* have 32-bit CPUs. And he's said it came with the PERC 3/DC > card, which is a very old RAID card. I would hope this machine didn't cost > much, as it's quite old.
When you get old like me you won't remember every machine model :-) I didn't think they'd made 32-bit Xeons for a long time. (But I guess that's your point). > Besides that, though, x86_64 is exactly the amd64 architecture. AMD came > up with it, Linux called it amd64, and then when Intel copied it and called > it EM64T, it was renamed in Linux to x86_64 to be more generic. And this one gets me every time. OK, sorry for the wrong advice JW! You can probably sort all this out on your own now. Like I said, /proc/cpuinfo. Baron -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
