-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Karanbir Singh Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 5:34 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense
Hi,
On 09/17/2011 02:52 AM, Thomas Dukes wrote:
It won't boot CentOS 6.0 64 bit, Scientific Linux 64 bit
6.1, but will
boot 32 bit CentOS 6.0.
Can you expand a bit on the 'wont boot', actually expand quite a lot. Run the installer in debug mode and turn off all rhgb, quiet etc and see what point and how far the system gets.
I get the 'Welcome' screen, I make the selection to install or upgrade, get to 'Loading vmlinuz..', then it hangs.
Maybe the DVDs are bad. Can a 32 bit machine create a 64 bit install disc?
Also, some manufacturers have been known to turn off 64 bit ( lm ) support in BIOS when the device is sold with a 32bit Windows. Make sure that its not the case.
I looked through the BIOS but didn't see anything about 64 bit
Finally, you mentioned 5.7 but didnt say what your test results there were. Does the 5.7/x86_64 installer boot for you ? if not, how far does it get ? is that about the same point as the 6.0 installer ?
I'm running 5.7 32 bit on 32 bit machines.
Thanks,
Eddie