jmr0311 Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 I want to upgrade to Mandriva 2006 from Mandrake 10.0 in my system. I read that if you have a "boot.iso" disk is a matter of following the prompts and selecting the right mirror and you are good to go. I downloaded one from this link (http://mirrors.kernel.org/mandrake/...images/boot.iso) and burned into a CD, but when I put it in my computer and reboot the system the screen came up asking me if I want to upgrade or else and I select "upgrade". When I did this the screen change and in the top of my screen a message caame out saying that my CPU could not support "Long Mode". Also says something about being 32 bits. I don't know if this is happening because of the boot. iso I got has incompatibiity issues. Does anyone know where can I find another boot.iso file?, Can anyone help me understand my problem and How to fix it? Thanks very much in advance. This is a quote of the message: Your CPU does not support long mode. Use a 32 bit distribution. Jose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 I think you have a 64bit version of the boot iso. You need the 32bit version instead. Search your earlier website and I think you will find the 32 cersion there as well. What the system is saying is that you do not have one of the newer 64 bit CPUs yet. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 It sounds as if you got a copy of a 64 bit CD. Did you download from here? ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.mandriva.co...images/boot.iso Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polemicz Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 When you get the boot iso worked out do a clean install instead of upgrade: too much is too different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavaeolus Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 as others before my pointed out you seem to have a x86-64 bootiso, look for something that is labelled ...i586.iso, and yes a fresh install is recommended, if I remember correctly updates from systems before 10.0 wouldn't even work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr0311 Posted November 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 How can you do a clean install?. What you guys are saying is that I have to erase mandrake 10.0 from the linux partition or that I have to re-format the linux partition, so I can get rid of it. CAn you guys give the command lines I need to this task, I will greatly appreciated. Thanks Jose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Download the 3 CD's making up the free version of 2006. Insert CD#1 into your CDROM and reboot. You can do your clean install from the GUI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr0311 Posted November 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Ok, So instead of doing an installation from an ftp server like I did, you're saying that by downloading the 3 ISO CD's and burning them into a CD I should be able to re-format the linux partition and do a completely clean install. Jose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Just a single word...............................YES. And by far the superior way to do it. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavaeolus Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 After the install you can direct rpmdrake to one of the distribution sources and have all packages at hand, so you won't need the cds later if you want to install additional packages after installation I never did a ftp-install, but doesn't the installer have a partitioning tool there too ??? just wondering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr0311 Posted November 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 (edited) I remember seen on the installation screen when I was following the process something about formating but I don't know if indeed happen. Anyways, I'm going to try the CD installation and I let you know guys know how it comes out. Jose Edited November 29, 2005 by jmr0311 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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