amd64 vs ia64 (was: error in ISO)
On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 08:36:57PM +0200, Ivan Martinez wrote:
> 2009/10/1 Simon Paillard <simon.paillard@resel.enst-bretagne.fr>:
> > On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 06:54:57PM +0200, Ivan Martinez wrote:
> >> http://laotzu.acc.umu.se/debian-cd/5.0.3/ia64/iso-cd/debian-503-ia64-businesscard.iso
> >>
> >> must be some mistake because it does not start, I think he lacks the
> >> isolinux folder, not sure if it is that it gives an error when
> >> mounting the ISO.
> >[..]
> > Remind that ia64 should not be used for every 64bit architecture, but
> > only for some 64-bit Intel-specific arch.
> > You may certainly prefer amd64 arch.
[..]
> G8 ProLiant DL360 Intel Xeon e5520
>
> I think the ISO is not correct, another distribution with this
> architecture x64 works well
I insist, ia64 is for Itanium architecture (see
http://www.debian.org/ports/#released )
Use amd64 images for Xeon E5520
Compare instruction set of :
* Xeon E5520 : http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=40200
* Itanium CPU : http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=34655
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Simon Paillard
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