Issuse installing either i386 or x86_64

[Chris]

John Summerfied wrote:
> Chris wrote:
>> Greetings -
>>
>>     Has anyone ever managed to install FC4 on a Sony Vaio desktop, model
>> VGC-RB53 ?
>> I can install - but on boot up after the install, I get a kernel panic 
>> and it just hangs.
>>
> I did a bit of googling for the machine. Seems it's a P IV. Why would 
> x86_64 work?
> 
> What kernel is installed? Can you force an i686 kernel?
> 
> 
> 

Bare with my please - I am still very much green when it comes to Linux.
Why would x86_64 work? Shot in the dark - meaning, I have Novel Suse 9 
here and it stated upon initial install that I was about to install a 32 
bot OS on a 64 bit box (I know - seems odd) So, I figured (again, not 
knowing much of Linux) I might try the CentOS 64 bit version - of course 
it didn't work.

As to the kern - I cant recall. I do recall tho that there were 2 
options to boot from. One was smp (I think) and the other mentioned -up 
: Neither worked of course.

I'm not sure why the install kern would allow the setup to get to the 
end, then the installed kern would cause a blowup.
It seems to me that it would be the other way around.

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Best regards,
Chris

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