On Sunday 16 April 2006 17:36, Frank Pineau wrote: >On Sun, 2006-04-16 at 10:14 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Sunday 16 April 2006 09:43, Bill Polhemus wrote: >> >Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> Greetings; >> >> >> >> What in hell does it take to actually install the x86-64 version >> >> of FC5 on an hp lappy? >> > >> >Is x86_64 appropriate for an AMD 64-bit processor? I thought there >> > was a distinction between Intel and AMD for 64 bits. >> >> I don't know for sure, but since it ran long enough to get as far as >> it did, IMO that has little or nothing to do with the real error. >> The real error was the inability to open setup-2.5.49-1 during the >> install. > >FWIW, FC5 x86_64 installed like gravy on my AMD 3800+. Haven't had a >lick of trouble with it. Maybe your install media is bad? I burnt 3 copies of it, on RW, +R and -R, all passed the media validation test. -- Cheers, Gene People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
