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Re: Boot issue on older hardware using buster



Hi Roman,

[ roman.meier@gismap.ch, 2021-03-14 ]

> We recently updated our Debian Edu server from Stretch to Buster. We 
> use a number of older Panasonic Toughbooks and all of them are no 
> longer able to boot.
> 
> The following message is thrown on those Toughbooks:
> 
> This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU. 
> Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU.
 
I assume the Toughbooks are used as LTSP clients and the Buster main 
server has been a new installation, not an upgrade from Stretch. See the 
manual how to support 32-bit clients: 
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Buster/HowTo/NetworkClients#Add_LTSP_chroot_to_support_32-bit-PC_clients

Wolfgang

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