[ale] How do I install 32 bit SuSe 9.3 on a 64 bit system?

[Michael Hirsch]

Mandriva 2006 x86-64 which should be publicly available in a week or so is
quite excellent. I've had it running for a few days and it seems quite solid
and very fast--much faster than the previous version.

Michael

On 10/11/05, James P. Kinney III <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> wrote:
>
> Unless you are married to Suse, try the Fedora 64 bit installation. It
> worked well over here on multiple systems.
>
> On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 16:12 -0400, Cor van Dijk wrote:
> > Jim Lynch wrote:
> >
> > >I've got this new Presario with a 64 bit AMD chip. I installed Debian
> > >on it, but never could get X configured. I've always had better luck
> > >with SuSe on unusual hardware so I installed 9.3. Unfortunately it
> > >installed a 64 bit kernel and other assorted 64 bit programs, but it
> > >won't boot. Now I'm trying to go back and install a 32 bit kernel and
> > >can't figure out how to tell it to do just that. It insists on
> > >installing a 64 bit kernel. I looked in the packages but there isn't a
> > >package listed anywhere that suggests it is linux or kernel or
> whatever.
> > >
> > >Any suggestions would be welcome. I'm staring at the Yast screen,
> > >"Installations settings" right now. I'm booting from a minimal cdrom
> > >and doing a network install.
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >Jim.
> > >_
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