On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:41:16 +0000, DenverD wrote:
> On 07/28/2011 09:40 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Feel free to try it yourself if you don’t believe me. No Linux kernel
>> gets loaded, and it’s very easy to see for yourself if you have a 32-
>> bit system
>
> but, the poster says clearly, several times, that his is a 64 bit
> system…
Yes, he does. That’s why it’s not a Linux kernel bug, but a bug in
SYSLINUX/ISOLINUX.
> and, that is the very confusing problem with your post:
>
> -he says i have a 64 bit system and the 64 bit iso says it is 32
>
> -and you come along and say “the 64-bit version displays an error
> message when the media is booted that says the system is a 32-bit
> system.” did you mean to say that the poster has a 32 bit system, but
> doesn’t know it???
No, I said that SYSLINUX is misdetecting the 64-bit system. I made no
assertion about the OP not knowing what his own system was.
What I wrote to you:
"No, I’m saying that on a 32-bit system, the install disc will provide
such a warning.
It’s doing so incorrectly here, but it’s not something in
the openSUSE kernel itself, it’s before the kernel even loads." (emphasis
added).
You then asked if the installation kernel was not loaded, where does the
message come up? I answered that question, telling you that in fact it
is something that comes from SYSLINUX/ISOLINUX and not the Linux kernel
itself.
That you asked where the dialog box came from and seemed to think it was
the install kernel tells me that you’ve never actually encountered this
before - which means you’re not in a particularly good position to
assist. I have actually seen this error message and do know where it
comes from, so I am actually in a position to help at least point the
user in the right direction.
Taking it back to my initial post in this thread, you said “it sounds
like you downloaded a 32-bit version of openSUSE”. That is patently
incorrect - not only did the OP post the name of the ISO that he
downloaded which states clearly it’s the 64-bit version, but also the
error message he received is specific to a 64-bit ISO and simply DOES
NOT PRESENT ITSELF from 32-bit media. Something you would have known had
you experienced the message yourself as I had. I suggested to you how
you could actually see the message yourself so you could gain the
experience as well.
Accept that you got it wrong, learn from it, and move on. When incorrect
information is posted, the community self-corrects (that means that
someone will generally point out the incorrect information and correct
it). Don’t take it so personally when people call you out when you’ve
made an error.
Jim
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