Re: Cannot use Debian

I would update the bios and run memtest86.M/B model?
On Apr 23, 2013 11:27 AM, "Goswin von Brederlow" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 06:51:18AM -0500, Chris Swenson wrote:
> > It's possible you have a CPU that has 2 cores, but is still not 64-bit
> > compatible. I have a Dell laptop with Intel Core Duo that would seem to
> be
> > 64-bit capable, but upon further inspection is not. Check your CPU
> hardware
> > manufacturer for the specs to see if it can handle 64-bit instructions.
> >
> >
> > ? Chris
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 5:37 AM, ____ ____ <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > I can  install x86 debian on 2006's latptop, and I cannot install x64
> > > debian on 2010 computer (RAM is 4G)
> > > I was installed Debian x64 with  1 CD
> > >
> > >  when the booting procedure  runs on
> > >
> > > [4.779430] [<ffffffff81010b42>]   ?  system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > and yhe procedure was stalled....
>
> Clearly the cpu can do 64bit. It might not do it well or it might be
> broken but the cpu must have the 64bit feature bit and support a hell
> of a lot of 64bit mode to get past the first few instructions in a
> 64bit kernel.
>
> Certainly by the time userspace runs and syscalls happen, as seen by
> the system_call_fastpath call, the cpu has clearly proven to handle
> 64bit mode. Even if it only lasted 4.7 seconds before crashing.
>
> MfG
>         Goswin
>
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