[Bug 983825] [NEW] Present helpful message when booting 64-bit medium on 32-bit machine

[Colin Watson]

Public bug reported:

"""
From: Stuart Langridge <stuart.langridge at canonical.com>

Can the iso itself detect when it's booted on an i386 system and say
"Hey, you've got the modern Ubuntu disc; what you needed was the
slightly older ("32-bit") disc, which you can get from www.ubuntu.com"
in some sort of nice way? Obviously it's irritating to have downloaded
(or got from someone) a whole disc that doesn't work, but making it
point you in the right direction to fix the problem would be nice.
"""

gfxboot-theme-ubuntu has the ability to detect 64-bitness, but this
isn't wired up properly as yet.

** Affects: gfxboot-theme-ubuntu (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
         Status: Triaged

** Changed in: gfxboot-theme-ubuntu (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: gfxboot-theme-ubuntu (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  Present helpful message when booting 64-bit medium on 32-bit machine

Status in “gfxboot-theme-ubuntu” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  """
  From: Stuart Langridge <stuart.langridge at canonical.com>

  Can the iso itself detect when it's booted on an i386 system and say
  "Hey, you've got the modern Ubuntu disc; what you needed was the
  slightly older ("32-bit") disc, which you can get from www.ubuntu.com"
  in some sort of nice way? Obviously it's irritating to have downloaded
  (or got from someone) a whole disc that doesn't work, but making it
  point you in the right direction to fix the problem would be nice.
  """

  gfxboot-theme-ubuntu has the ability to detect 64-bitness, but this
  isn't wired up properly as yet.

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