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Bug#707844: di-utils: No error message in case of wrong architecture



On Sun, 2013-05-12 at 20:43 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
[...]
> The kernel already does this.  When I run:
> 
>     kvm -cpu pentium2 -kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64 -append quiet
> 
> the kernel prints:
> 
>     This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detected an i486 CPU.
>     Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU.
[...]

Actually I mixed up two different tests there - it really shows
'...detected an i686 CPU' in this case.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Always try to do things in chronological order;
it's less confusing that way.

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