Friends, I was just wondering if it's possible to install a 32-bit version of ubuntu 9.04 on an amd 64 system.
I thought it was not possible. But nevertheless since I carry a 32-bit version on a pen drive, I attempted to do so on a friend's compaq presario notebook. To my surprise, the whole process went smoothly. The system booted in but there was no display. I tried installing the nvidia drivers through envy but that didn't help as well. I remember sometime back when I was installing ubuntu via cd's the installation would warn about the mismatch. But this time around there were no such error messages. Windows does permit installing 32-bit versions on amd 64, don't they? My question therefore is: Is the graphics display problem due to the mismatch? In other words, is it possible to install a 32-bit ubuntu version on an amd 64 platform? ( On a more general note, I would like your opinion on the amd 64 platform. I know this is not the forum for it, so you can refuse to answer this last bit. But I think there is a role for discussions on a mailing list and not just query-answer sessions) regards, Biswajit aka orthodoc -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
