Re: Why does dpkg think my pentium computer is an AMD?

[Luis R Finotti <finotti@math.ohio-state.edu>]

Hi,

Peter Stoddard wrote:
> Hi folks
>
> I am running sarge and kernel 2.6.14.3-smp on a box with a pentium 4 dual core 
> processor.
>
> peter@paris:~/$ uname -a
> Linux paris 2.6.14.3-smp #1 SMP Fri Dec 9 13:21:36 CST 2005 x86_64 GNU/Linux
                                                              ^^^^^^^
                                                           AMD 64 Kernel

So, I think you are running a kernel for AMD 64.  Maybe you should 
install a different one or recompile choosing the correct processor.

HTH,

Luis