Dual Core and 32/64

[Karl F. Larsen]

hermanaa wrote:
> I run Ubuntu 6.06LTS with no problems.
>
> I cannot upgrade to any higher version.
>  Installations do not complete.
> I tried 8.04, both standard and alternate.
> I tried 8.10 rc and final, both standard and Alternate.
>  (I see no way to upgrade ....)
>
> I have used 32-bit. I did not try 64-bit.
> Can I (should I?) use 64-bit Ubuntu OS-es with
>  this computer?
>
> n0jn at bswim:~$ sudo lshw > myHardware
>  ... tells me:
> As provided by Ubuntu 6.06LTS using the lshw command:
>
> My CPU is: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz
>           version: 15.6.5
>           slot: Socket 775
>           size: 2400MHz
>           capacity: 4GHz
>           width: 64 bits
>           clock: 200MHz
>
>         *-cache:0
>              description: L1 cache
>              physical id: 8
>              slot: Internal Cache
>              size: 32KB
>              capacity: 32KB
>              capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
>         *-cache:1
>              description: L2 cache
>              physical id: 9
>              slot: External Cache
>              size: 2MB
>              capacity: 2MB
>              capabilities: synchronous external write-back
>    *-logicalcpu:0
>              description: Logical CPU
>              physical id: 0.1
>              width: 64 bits
>              capabilities: logical
>         *-logicalcpu:1
>              description: Logical CPU
>              physical id: 0.2
>              width: 64 bits
>              capabilities: logical
>      *-memory
>           description: System Memory
>           physical id: 19
>           slot: System board or motherboard
>           size: 1GB
>           capacity: 2GB
>         *-bank:0
>              description: DIMM Synchronous 26328 MHz (0.0 ns)
>              product: None
>              vendor: None
>              physical id: 0
>              serial: None
>              slot: A0
>              size: 1GB
>              width: 64 bits
>              clock: 558MHz (1.79148ns)
>         *-bank:1
>              description: DIMM [empty]
>      *-pci
>           description: Host bridge
>           product: 945G/P Memory Controller Hub
>           vendor: Intel Corporation
>           physical id: 100
>           bus info: pci at 00:00.0
>           version: 02
>           width: 32 bits
>           clock: 33MHz
>
> Herman in PHL.
>
>
>
>   
    It is hard to tell if your problem is your computer or, is the 
update having trouble. Can you make a new partition on your hard drive 
and try a normal new load to that partition? Make the partition at least 
4 Gb. See if that loads normally.

Karl


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