On 2008-07-06 23:13 +0200, s. keeling 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?
Not necessarily, AFAIK. Some of these Mobile Semprons don't support 64bit. > "Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3300+" in /proc/cpuinfo, 800 Mhz. > Gateway laptop. Look under flags: it is a 64bit processor if and only if "lm" is present there. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]