[fedora-india] What's the difference between 32-bit Fedora iso and 64 bit iso -?

[Lakshmipathi.G]

I didn't think about rpms.Thanks.

On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Ankur Sinha <sanjay.ankur at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 18:46 +0530, Lakshmipathi.G wrote:
> > Hi -
> > I have Fedora -64bit iso image - While trying to install in VBox it
> > says
> > "this kernel requires an x86-64 CPU  but only detect i686 cpu  -
> > unable to boot , please use a kernel  appropriate for your cpu".
> >
> > I understand my VBox won't support 64bit VM's.  Though I can download
> > 32-bit Iso image and install it - which should work.
> > Is it possible to modify this 64-bit ISO image will allow me to
> > install ?
> > something like - mount it as loop device and remove 64bit kernel and
> > copy a 32-bit kernel  and re-create ISO image ?
> > Or do we have other issues?
> >
> >
> Hello,
>
> All the packages in this will also be x86_64. You can't run them on an
> i686 system. Downloading a new iso is the suggested method.
>
> 64bit can run 32bit apps, but not vice-versa.
>
> Thanks,
> regards,
> Ankur
>
>
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