Just some help on downloading Debian
 

Hello,

I'm planning on downloading Debian via torrents @ http://www.debian.org/CD/torrent-cd/.

Just wanted to verify the following

1. To download Debian for a 64 bit amd athlon I've got to use the link which reads [amd64]

2. To download Debian for a 64 bit Intel Core2Quad I've got to use the link which reads [ia64]

3. And to download Debian for any cpu I use the link which reads [alpha]

Am I right here?
Just confirming - Using a slow internet connection and it takes hours without doing anything else on the net to download a large file - so being on the safe side before downloading :)

Typically an i386 version will work on almost any cpu. but for the 64 bit versions you are correct.

Correct.

No.You use the Amd64 disc for both as it covers Intel's EM64T architecture also.
See the link here:

http://www.debian.org/ports/amd64/

No.Alpha is another type of processor,not a 'installs on anything' disc.

http://www.debian.org/ports/alpha/
http://www.debian.org/ports/alpha/sys_types

Not quite. Alpha is a separate CPU architecture altogether; not X86 compatible. The 'i386' package should run on any X86 CPU. There is no distribution which is totally CPU independent.
--- rod.

USE AMD64 FOR CORE 2 DUO!

amd64, aka x86_64, is actually the architecture used in most Intel CPUs.

ia64 is just for intel Itanium CPUs.

Thanks a lot