First time Install problems

[Marius Gedminas]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 03:37:31AM -0400, Michael TheZorch Haney wrote:
> Vasant Shenoy wrote:
> >  I've been trying to install Ubuntu on my desktop (Pentium Dual
> >  Core,1.8GHz, 512MB RAM) but the install wont go beyond
> >  "Uncompressing kernel...". I guess i'm using a 32 bit version on a
> >  64 bit system. How do i find if the version is right for my PC. i
> >  have a 6.06 LTS version CD with me

> If this is a Core Dual then yes its a 64-bit processor.  I had a similar 
> problem on my AMD Athlon 64x2.  I fixed the problem by using the 64-bit 
> version of Ubuntu.  Download the 64-bit ISO file and burn it to CD.

Core 2 Duo supports both 32- and 64-bit OSes.

Pentium Dual-Core supports only 32-bit OSes.

Marius Gedminas
-- 
(mental note: stop installing red hat. everytime i do so, it takes ages to fix
my system again.)
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