On Tuesday 20 March 2018 01:52:03 Felix Miata wrote:
William Morder composed on 2018-03-19 23:12
(UTC-0700):
Bios: American Megatrends v: 0407 date:
09/22/2008
William Morder composed on 2018-03-20 00:42 (UTC-0700):
Felix Miata wrote:
Curiouser and curiouser. I feel like I have gone down the rabbit hole.
Sounds like it to me.
> Maybe that model motherboard was released
with a BIOS too old to
> properly support the E2200 CPU, and needs a BIOS update. You can find
> the installed BIOS version via BIOS setup, or from the POST screen, or
> use dmidecode.
# dmidecode bios-release-date
# dmidecode bios-version
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5GCVM/HelpDesk_BIOS/ shows latest is
v408 dated 2010-06-08, almost 2 years newer than yours.
Testing
for 64-bit support shouldn't be hard or need "techie" help.
Fetch and burn a 64-bit network install .iso instead of a DVD, a small
fraction of download size and time, and see what happens in clean /
install mode.
Verifying 64-bit support would be another use for the Knoppix DVD or CD
I previously mentioned that a Gparted CD wouldn't likely be designed to
do.
One thing at a time ...
Jumping out of one hole into another isn't an answer. Exactly what were you
trying to install when your techie determined it didn't support 64-bit?
He lives right here in my apartment building, although he is more reclusive
than J.D. Salinger, and only steps outside his door when there is a full
moon. At the time, we were working on this machine together. Of course, it is
yet possible that he could also be wrong here, but over all he has been very
reliable for what he knows; it's just that he seldom ventures farther than
the ice machine in our lobby. (For what it's worth, he finds pretty regular
work as a free-lance consultant, and I get lots of freebies.)
Be that as it may, when I did try to install 64-bit packages, and to use the
Debian 64-bit live DVD, my machine rejected it as the wrong architecture. So
I am a little confused, since I see the details that you point out, yet it
doesn't explain why my machine will not accept 64-bit installation discs or
software packages.
Bill