intel 64bit?

Josef Wolf jw at raven.inka.de
Sat Jan 9 12:25:40 UTC 2010


On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 04:05:44PM -0500, Rashkae wrote:
> Josef Wolf wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > At http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-releases/9.10/ is stated, that the 64
> > bit version is for AMD processors only. So I am curious: how to install 64 bit
> > for intel processors?
> > 
> > Any hints?
> > 
> 
> Install the AMD64.  It's called AMD64 simply because AMD pioneered the
> cpu design.  Some distros might refer to it as X86_64, both mean the
> same thing, and work equally well on AMD and INTEL cpu's

Thanks for the clarification. Can somebody please add this clarification to
the description of the iso mentioned above?




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