[Bug 272087] Re: 64 bit Ubuntu cd on 32 bit system: more helpful error message

[JohnWashington]

Bryan, I can appreciate that you're trying to change the wording to make
it more 'friendly', but at the same time you would be obscuring where
the issue is detected.  A user who is smart enough to download or
otherwise obtain a CD, perhaps even burning it from an iso, is quite a
smart user.  I know a lot of people who stand no chance of doing such a
thing.  So surely these somewhat smart users are also smart enough to
use Google and find out what the existing messages mean.

There's a danger of 'bike-shedding' here.  Aren't there plenty of more
important things for us to beg developers to fix?

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Title:
  64 bit Ubuntu cd on 32 bit system: more helpful error message

Status in “gfxboot” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  When you boot the 64 bit ubuntu desktop cd on a 32 bit system, you get
  the following error message after you try to boot:

  This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU.
  Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU.

  Most people won't be able to make sense of this at all if they
  accidentally downloaded the wrong cd. There should be an
  understandable message telling you to download the 32 bit version of
  ubuntu.

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