On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 01:07:32PM +0530, Masatran, R. Deepak wrote: > ALSO: I want to try the 486 linux-image, but dpkg refuses to install it, > saying that that package is only for I386. How can I install the 486 > linux-image on my AMD64 computer? You can't since the 486 kernel is 32-bit and you've installed a 64-bit system. If you want to run an amd64 with a 486 kernel, you'll have to reinstall i386 instead of amd64. Doug.