On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 23:13:08 +0200, s. keeling ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi. I'm somewhat confused and in uncharted territory. I just bought
> this laptop second hand.
>
> Which kernel is this CPU supposed to be using? I've been testing with
> Sidux for the moment (2008-06 (?) 2.6.25-10). It refused to boot on
> their AMD images ("... detected i1586[sic] CPU.").
>
> This thing ought to be running an amd64 kernel, shouldn't it?
>
> "Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3300+" in /proc/cpuinfo, 800 Mhz.
> Gateway laptop.
The Sempron replaced the Duron and was very much entry level. It isn't
64 bit.
See
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_861_11546~88041,00.html
for more info.
HTH.
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Bob Cox. Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK.
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