On Tue Sep 22 17:47:17 PDT 2015, quans...@quanstro.net wrote:
> I mentioned booted.  
> 
> - erik
> 
> 
> On Sep 22, 2015 2:58 PM, erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Yeah, I installed from the CD. But that image is for amd64, correct? a 64 
> > > bit processor? My junk computer is an old gateway, with a celeron D, a 
> > > whopping 256 MB of ram, and a full 100 GB hard disk space. But since this 
> > > is 32 bit to my knowledge, would a possible solution involve making a 
> > > bootable flash disk from this distribution within my installation? 
> > > 
> > > > i don't see any confirmation, but it looks like the install was from 
> > > > the 
> > > > cd image? 
> > > > if so, i recommend using the usb install image instead 
> > > > 
> > > >         http://ftp.9atom.org/other/usbinstamd64.bz2 
> > > > 
> > > > this *should* fix all those issues.  posting a few details on the 
> > > > processor might 
> > > > be helpful in figuring out any issues. 
> >
> > either 32 or 64 bit kernels can be built from the usb image. 

well, autocorrect ftw!  that was supposed to say, both the 32- and 64-bit 
kernels can be /booted/ from the usb image, so your hardware should be
fine.

- erik

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