Re: Cannot use Debian

Goswin von Brederlow <[email protected]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:02:05 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.ports.amd64
Message-ID	<20130429080205.GA6252@frosties>

On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 10:23:49PM +0200, Michael wrote:
> Recently, accidently inserted an Itanium64 installer in an amd64 PC and there wasn't any feedback message at all ... just the DVD did not start. 
> 
> I wonder if it's just grub being architecture specific ?
> 
> Nailing down the CPU is a tricky thing. Even if you install and use the 'cpuid' tool, you still might end up with Wikipedia...

Itanium is nothing like amd64. It like opening a arabic book and
wondering why the first page doesn't say "This book is in arabic." in
english.

MfG
	Goswin