[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Won't Run On Processors Below i686

[Ritesh Sinha]

On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 8:44 AM, sivakumar bharadhwaj
<jeyendrasiva at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the topic.
>
> Based on reading all these, yesterday I downloaded Debian Lenny CD (180 MB)
> (netinst) AMD64 ISO.  I have Intel Core2 Duo (i686), 2GB, 250GB HD, Lenovo
> Laptop.
>
> I tried this on the Virtual Box.  It started booting in live for
> installation, but it stopped saying that MicroProcessor is not compatible
> with this ISO. (I forgot the exact message).
>
> Is it possible that the virtual box has its own processor type - apart from
> the host microprocessor.
Yes, by default its a 32 bit processor. You can emulate 64 bit
processors even on 32 bits on newer versions of Vbox.
>
> Also, could you let me know what ISO should I download - for testing the 64
> bit OS
>
> thanks
>
> sivakumar
>
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