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ubuntu on intel celeron cpu designed for win 98 or nt

Asked by shaun.forcier

I have a sony vaio with an intel celeron i686 cpu what can i do short of replacing the cpu I have ubuntu running on my other comp which runs dual boot with win xp please help

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shaun.forcier (shaun-forcier) said : 		#1

I have recieved a message that reads (this kernel requires an x86-64 cpu ,but only detected an i686 cpu unable to boot - please use a kernel approperiate for your cpu how do i get this and where please help

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sintacto (sintacto) said : 		#2

I think you may have a x64 .iso (disk)
and need a 386 .iso (disk) but i'm guessing

if you cant get through the install
 try alternate cd
 http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/

I have had fun using this howto
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/LowMemorySystems
good luck.

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