Actually most P4's are 32bit, only newer ones socket 775 are 64bit

Pentium 4 processors with 64-bit technology use a numbering system which
starts with "6", while the processors without this feature start with "5",
making it easy to recognize if a Pentium 4 has or not this new technology.
For example, both 540 and 640 Pentium 4 processors run at 3.2 GHz, but the
640 model has the 64-bit technology plus other new features not present on
the 540 model, like the SpeedStep Technology and the 2 MB L2 memory cache.


As far as the hdinstaller, its a known issue, quite a few people seem to be
working on it, and will be fixed in 0.6.2 release...as I was told.

Gurpreet

On 7/25/07, Anil Gulecha <anil.verve at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/25/07, Sam Brightman <samghost at mpx.net> wrote:
> > Anil Gulecha wrote:
> >
> > > On 7/25/07, Sam Brightman <samghost at mpx.net> wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> I'm trying to get Belenix 0.6.1 installed by hdinstaller to work. It
> > >> doesn't boot due to the change from multiboot to directboot that I
> have
> > >> found reported elsewhere. However, I can't find much documentation
> about
> > >> this. The original error was the message about the kernel no longer
> > >> using multiboot, with the suggestion of correct lines (the ones with
> > >> kernel$, $ISADIR) and link to http://www.sun.com/msg/SUNOS-8000-AK.
> > >> After doing this I got the same error that I saw someone else report:
> > >>
> > >> "Error 20: Multiboot kernel must be loaded before modules"
> > >>
> > >> And Moniak then corrected the lines to:
> > >>
> > >> kernel /platform/i86pc/kernel/unix
> > >> module /platform/i86pc/boot_archive
> > >>
> > >> But I still get the same error 20.
> > >>
> > >> Any ideas?
> > >>
> > >
> > > Is your PC 64-bit?
> >
> > No, plain old P4.
> >
>
> Right, most P4s are 64-bit. so try the following:
>
> kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/amd64/unix
> module$ /platform/i86pc/amd64/boot_archive
>
> Anil
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