[hblug] Kubuntu 64

[Michael Adams]

On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 21:11:11 +1300
chris morris wrote:

> robert van der meer wrote:
> > kubuntu 64 should work fine I have it running on my rig you may wont
> > to check your hardware before hand to make shore you have drivers
> > for it as 64 bit drivers are still few and far in-between especially
> > with vista  but with Linux I have had no problems at all
> >
> > kind regards
> > robertt Van Der Meer
> 
> Did you have any trouble installing kubuntu64?
> I cant get it installed - it gets to the first splash screen ( moments
> after selecting the "Install" menu ) and goes no further..
> I thought the CD may not have burned properly but the 2nd one I made
> did the same failure.
> 
> Vista RC1 is very very much a beta - there are no drivers for anything
> LOL
> 
> Guess I'm back to 32bit OS's :)
> 

Pop your CD into a linux box and in a term type:
$ md5sum /dev/hdc
(where hdc is the cd drive)

compare it with this md5sum
093e538fc27aa14d171ae982d5ebe05f  kubuntu-6.10-beta-desktop-amd64.iso
5bad812063cd880a1755f1e2431ee3e4  kubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-amd64.iso

If you get a discrepancy in that big hex number you have a bad iso.
Navigate to your ISO download folder and type:

$ md5sum kubuntu*.iso

*****
Problems with 64bit installs.

Each program has to be rewritten by the authors to utilize the 64bit
code. Large programs have not completed this rewrite and will break if
run in a 64bit OS. There are cludge workarounds that have various levels
of success (most run the 32bit program version in a 32 bit chroot jail).
A couple of programs that fall into this category: 
OpenOffice.org, Firefox, Thunderbird, and Seamonkey

So by all means experiment with a 64bit install. But i doubt you will
find it ready for mainstream use yet.

***
You will need an SMP kernel for your Dual Core box, regardless if it is
a 32bit or 64bit OS installed. I don't know about ()buntu builds, the
SMP kernel may be the default.

-- 
Michael
 Those that can, do; those that can't, teach.