Re: Debian AMD64 resuce disk??

[Whit Hansell <skipper44@comcast.net>]

Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:37:54PM -0400, Whit Hansell wrote:
>   
> > Thanks Heinz and Fabricio.  I do appreciate your help.  I have already  
> > thanked Thierry and Goswin in emails that I had done just a "reply" to  
> > not looking to see that they went not to this list but to their personal  
> > addresses.
> >
> > I am surprised that there are so many live/rescue disks for amd64 only  
> > because I had googled trying to find one or more and for some reason,  
> > nothing specific to amd64 showed up readily in the results.  Or maybe I  
> > didn't drill down far 'enuf', I don't know.  But thans all.  I have  
> > pulled down two of them and will do the other two over the weekend and  
> > take a look at them.  Luckily I've never had to use one yet, other than  
> > gparted once, but it's better to have them on hand than need one and not  
> > be able to get at it.  8^)
> >     
>
>
> Why is it you need specific to amd64, since amd64 will boot and run
> i386?  
>
> Doug.
Hi Doug,
Want the amd64 'cuz I'm running an amd64 chip.  Had put in a 32 bit 
INSERT disk and it was very limited as to what it could do.  So figure 
that I'm gonna' need a rescue disk more specific to the processor in 
this case.

And after I had purchased this hardware, 64 bit AMD chip/mobo, tried to 
fire up a hard drive w. 32 bit on it and it didn't like what it saw so 
went full bore 64 Debian Lenny/stable.  And it has been a true 
experience setting it all up compared to the previous setups I've done.  
Learned a lot the hard way.  8=)  Trial and error and RTFM'ing as much 
as possible.

So far, most of what I've tried has eventually worked.

Thanks,
Whit