Re: Cannot use Debian

A J Stiles <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.ports.amd64
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Monday 22 April 2013, you wrote:
> This computer is the only one computer that I have......

You only need one.

> now, I am using WinXP x86
>  and I  check the System Information  and look  at the  system summary
> 
> *x86 Family 6 Model 37 stepping 2GenuinedIntel ~2945Mhz*
> 
> 
> so the machine is x86?

You can't trust 32-bit Windows to tell you whether a system on which it is 
running is 32 or 64-bit.  Download "System Rescue CD" and try booting the 32 
and 64-bit kernels on that.  If you can't persuade a 64-bit kernel to boot, 
you might have a 32-bit machine after all.


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AJS
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