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terryn

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Registered: 2024-08-01

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[SOLVED] Kernel provided by Daedalus installer won't boot 64bit machines

I installed the kernel provided by the Daedalus installer.  It isn't bootable on a 64bit machine.

Can that be remedied somehow or is the system limited to 32bit machines?

soren

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Registered: 2023-04-30

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Re: [SOLVED] Kernel provided by Daedalus installer won't boot 64bit machines

Im having a hard time trying to understand your issue? Is your machine a i386 or amd64 and what installer-iso did you use, be specific as you can be.

terryn

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Registered: 2024-08-01

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Re: [SOLVED] Kernel provided by Daedalus installer won't boot 64bit machines

Thanks for replying.  This is the machine:

$ inxi -M
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME H310M-A R2.0 v: Rev X.0x
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 0305
    date: 06/28/2018

The iso is devuan_daedalus_5.0.1_i386_desktop.iso

It seems I have misunderstood the term amd64.  What does it mean?  As I recall, there were several different terms using that prefix.

soren

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Registered: 2023-04-30

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Re: [SOLVED] Kernel provided by Daedalus installer won't boot 64bit machines

You probably have a 64 bit machine, that means you need to use the devuan_daedalus_5.0.1_amd64_desktop.iso.
Have a search online for the meaning of i386 and amd64.

Just to make sure what is the output of below command?

lscpu |grep "Architecture"

terryn

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Registered: 2024-08-01

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Re: [SOLVED] Kernel provided by Daedalus installer won't boot 64bit machines

Thanks.  I'll download that iso.

$ lscpu |grep "Architecture"
Architecture:                         x86_64

alexkemp

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Registered: 2018-05-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Kernel provided by Daedalus installer won't boot 64bit machines

That is amd64.

You needed to run the following *before* downloading an ISO:

$ neofetch
   ..,,;;;::;,..                   alexk@ng3 
           `':ddd;:,.              --------- 
                 `'dPPd:,.         OS: Devuan GNU/Linux 5 (daedalus) x86_64 
                     `:b$$b`.      Model: 90BJ008CUK Lenovo H30-05 
                        'P$$$d`    Kernel: 6.1.0-23-amd64 
                         .$$$$$`   Uptime: 15 hours, 48 mins 
                         ;$$$$$P   Packages: 3169 (dpkg) 
                      .:P$$$$$$`   Shell: bash 5.2.15 
                  .,:b$$$$$$$;'    Resolution: 1920x1080 
             .,:dP$$$$$$$$b:'      DE: Xfce 4.18 
      .,:;db$$$$$$$$$$Pd'`         WM: Xfwm4 
 ,db$$$$$$$$$$$$$$b:'`             WM Theme: Default 
:$$$$$$$$$$$$b:'`                  Theme: Clearlooks-Phenix-Sapphire [GTK2] 
 `$$$$$bd:''`                      Icons: oxygen [GTK2] 
   `'''`                           Terminal: xfce4-terminal 
                                   Terminal Font: Monospace 12 
                                   CPU: AMD A8-7410 APU with AMD Radeon R5 Graphics (4) @ 2.200GHz 
                                   GPU: AMD ATI Radeon R4/R5 Graphics 
                                   Memory: 1375MiB / 7356MiB

You can spot the CPU near the bottom of that listing. Almost all modern CPUs are AMD64.

A key feature to understand is that there are "Daedalus installers", there is NOT "the Daedalus installer" singular.