Edubuntu Install Issue

Matt Georgetti mgeorgetti at mvsd.net
Tue Jul 15 14:53:18 UTC 2008


I think that's what I did... I need to start drinking coffee or something.
I'll reply back again after I see if it a success or not.

Matt Georgetti
IT Technician
Mountain View School District
(570) 434-2501 X 556

-----Original Message-----
From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Chris Jones
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 8:40 AM
To: Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions
Subject: Re: Edubuntu Install Issue

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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