On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 07:51:17PM -0700, Globe Trotter wrote: > > --- Charles Curley <charlescurley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 07:34:11PM -0700, Globe Trotter wrote: > > > Thanks! So, can a 64-bit install be done from the USB....because one of my > > > machines only has an external DVD-R.... > > > > I don't know about x86_64, but it works nicely on x86. If the machine > > won't boot to external USB, you can burn the boot image on the DVD to > > a CD, and boot to that. It will detect and use the USB DVD. > > Sorry, but what does a USB DVD mean? Sorry, I assumed from your comment above that your external DVD-R was USB. Anyway, Anaconda usually uses the same kernel version as the kernel to be installed, so anything the regular kernel can use Anaconda should be able to use. > > Looking at stuff, it appears that there is a boot.img for x86_64 for > usb -- however, this file is exactly the same as for i386. I don't > know much (anything) about these files, but shouldn't the files > actually be different.... I don't know why you need a 64 bit Anaconda; I should think a 32 bit Anaconda would do just fine. But I'm no expert here. Maybe someone will correct me. Did you read the README in /images? Or consider installing over your network. I do all my installs over NFS these days. It's much faster. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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