Aha - it might be one of the strange generation of machines (way back) that had 32 bit UEFI/BIOS and a 64 bit capable Atom processor - maybe back as far as the Sandy Bridge series ... a long time ago anyway. Use, specifically, the Debian i386/amd64 multiarch netboot to install this and it works and installs the 32 bit Grub [BIOS] /Grub2 [UEFI] and 64 bit userland.
Have done this once on an old Toshiba - this was the only way to get this machine to boot. On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 5:23 PM Russell L. Harris <russ...@rlharris.org> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 05:38:52PM +0200, Sven Hoexter wrote: > >On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 05:52:10PM +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote: > >If going back to i386 is an option for you, the department of > >workarounds has an option. > > Again, at this point, my only hope for the machine (other than to toss > it in the dumpster) is for it to provide a reasonable environment for > composition when away from home. > > For me, composition requires emacs, LaTeX or TeXLive, xdvi, and > (hopefully) a dictionary, together with a means such as ssh or rsync > to transfer documents to the desktop machine when I arrive back home. > The only other necessity is the ability to use the "Dvorak Classic" > keymap (which differs from the Dvorak ANSI map offered by the > installer). > > As to the touchpad, I find a touchpad awkward at best; it is better to > pack along a USB mouse. > > Years ago my first attempt to install Debian overwrote the W$7 > installation; otherwise, I might market the machine to a Window$ user. > > RLH > >
