which architecture

thelastspartan · 03-11-2005, 06:34 PM

Heres and uber-noob question:

I am running an Athlon 64, which architecture is that?

Bruce Hill · 03-11-2005, 07:07 PM

Welcome to LQ!

mk8

thelastspartan · 03-11-2005, 07:29 PM

Many thanks!

Also, where can I download that version of Debian from?

R00ts · 03-11-2005, 08:11 PM

I recommend you download and burn a minimal CD.

http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/

Then Debian will install the critical pieces, and you can download the rest of what you need. I'm not aware of any option to download a k8 kernel right off the bat. I would download the i386 ISO, install it, and then download/build your own k8 kernel after Debian is installed. I just built a new AMD64 machine so I'm about to head off and do that right now.

microsoft/linux · 03-12-2005, 06:47 PM

there is not an official Debian port of AMD64 yet. They are working on it, check it out at http://www.debian.org/ports/amd64/. Have fun!

R00ts · 03-12-2005, 07:40 PM

The current pure64 port is "experimental". 97% of the programs have been ported but some apps still can't be run in 64 bits (Flash, OpenOffice). There are work-arounds to that though. I was going to do a pure64 system, but I had trouble accessing the repositories during installation and I was just like aww screw it. So for now I'm trying to run a 64-bit kernel and video drivers and have everything else as 32-bit. I'm going to wait for the amd64 port to become a little more mature before moving over (it's scheduled to release with Etch, which is the next version after sarge).