n00b install question

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Jim Cavera wrote:

> My apologies for the (possibly) dumb question.  I DL'd
> the CD images and am trying to install on a Dell
> Lattitude LS.
>
> Config:  Dell Lattitude LS
>          Pentium III, 400 MHz
>          128Mb RAM, 10gig HDD
>
> As per the LinuxLaptop instructions, I cleaned all
> hidden partitions off the drive.  I now have a
> completely empty, newly formatted, 10gig partition.
> And no OS.
>
> When running the anaconda installer, I get the error
> (immediately following inital VM loading):
>
> This CPU does not support long mode.  Use a 32 bit
> distribution.
>
> What does this mean, how can I fix/avoid it (no, I
> won't buy another laptop)?  Note that though I am a
> professional progammer, I am completely new to Linux
> and haven't used *nix in many years.  So speak slowly.
>  TIA.

Did you d/l the i386 ISOs or x86-64?


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		Matthew Saltzman

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