On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Ron Farrer <canutethegr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Generally, 'uname -m' should report x86_64 for 64-bit (amd64) and i686 > for 32-bit (x86). uname -m did give x86_64, but... > ... another check can be 'file /sbin/init' which will report as something > along the lines of > "/sbin/init: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), > dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for > GNU/Linux 2.6.32, stripped" > file /sbin/init gave ELF 32-bit LSB... So I guess my syrescuecd is 32 bits. Using the amd64 handbook did the trick with the kernel. Now onto learning about uefi. Thanks for your help! John