On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 08:48:53PM +0200, Leonie Herzberg wrote: > I was going to install an ix86 system on a hdd connected to my x86_64 > computer via usb, in order to use it in a 32 bit computer afterwards. > Pas de problème, one might think. > So I downloaded an iso named SL-61-i386-2011-07-27-Install-DVD.iso. > Anyway, the boot loader shows a kernel name ending with *x86_64. (In a whim, > I tried editing the kernel name, changing the x86_64 part to i386, which of > course did not work ;-) > I do not know whether this is just a spelling mistake or if it indeed boots a > 64 bit system, which would be kind of a big fail. > I hope it is just a spelling mistake, I think I will not find out, but > nevertheless, maybe someone could have a quick look at it.
FWIW: I succesfully installed 32-bit SL on a 64-bit architeture many times (just because these systems are dedicated to run a specific piece of 32-bit SW). -- -- Jos Vos <[email protected]> -- X/OS Experts in Open Systems BV | Phone: +31 20 6938364 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Fax: +31 20 6948204
