820 + Ubuntu + SMP client = problem

Snapshot · 5 Jan 2007 at 17:58

Installed Ubuntu from the Linux Mag DVD onto my 820 / GA-945P-S3 / 2GB box that's been happily running XP Pro and the FAH console client for days. Seemed okay so loaded the SMP client according to the instructions from the FAH web site. All okay until I tried to run it when it said the CPU was detected as i686 and wasn't 64-bit. I thought Pentium D was 64-bit or have I missed something? Alternatively, is there something I need to set in Ubuntu?

A Linux numpty

Snapshot · 5 Jan 2007 at 18:45

It says 6.10 on the DVD and in the Help. I can try the download version to see if that's different. If that doesn't work it'll have to be Suse 10.

Snapshot · 5 Jan 2007 at 22:40

Ooh, dunno. I'll check the download site. I can feel Suse 10 drawing closer....

Snapshot · 6 Jan 2007 at 20:25

A fresh download of 6.10 made no difference. Latest issue of Linux Mag has Suse 10.2 on the cover DVD so I'll try that tomorrow when the current sessions on that PC finish.

Snapshot · 7 Jan 2007 at 21:11

Garp said:
If its the one off the Linux Format magazine you'll need to burn the AMD64 ISO to CD first as the one that boots and installs off the DVD is the 32bit version. There is the 64bit ISO somewhere on the DVD.

No, it was from Linux Magazine and I can't find an extra .iso on it. There are two <blah>amd64.deb files hidden in a library but that's it. If I knew what to do with a .deb I might be able to load them. Wiki tells me they're Debian packages. Can I just run them or do they need unpacking first?