Edubuntu Install Issue

Chris Jones jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk
Tue Jul 15 13:39:55 UTC 2008


Matt Georgetti wrote:
> I am the IT Tech at a small K-12 school district. While we are, I guess 
> you could say, a Windows school, I have been experimenting with various 
> versions of Linux for a possible roll-out on some of our machines. 
> Anyway, I have found the Edubuntu product and was going to give it a try 
> but when I go to install it on a PC it tells me that the software I am 
> using is for X86 machines and that I am running a machine with an i1586 
> processor. Both of the machines that I have tried (A Dell GX240 and 
> AcerPower F2) have P4 processors. To my understanding, these should be 
> considered an X86 architecture. Any help with this issue would be 
> greatly appreciated.

I'm guessing but it sounds a little like you have download the 64 bit 
OS, when your hardware only supports 32 bit. Check which ISO you 
downloaded ?

Chris




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