[PLUG] Debian experts?

[Kok, Auke]

John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:20:24 -0800
> "Michael M." <mcubed at slashmail.org> dijo:
> 
>> On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 17:17 -0800, Dr. Terry L. Bonner wrote:
>>> John Jason Jordan wrote:
>>>> I decided to take 64-bit Debian Etch for a spin. 
> 
>>> Try this link and download the 175MB netinstall iso.
>>> http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
> 
>> You don't want *-ia64.  You want *-amd64.  And you don't want
>> Debian-3.1r4-* -- that's Sarge (stable), soon to be "old stable."
>>
>> You want Etch (testing), soon to be stable.  Follow the link Terry
>> supplied and click on the netinst CD image for amd64.
> 
> But doesn't the netinst CD image require me to be connected to the
> internet during the install? Surely that image is way too small to
> contain the whole OS. How long will it take me to install over the
> internet when my connection during the day sometimes drops to well
> below 100K/s? Add the fact that the server I am downloading from may be
> popular and not well supplied with bandwidth due to funding issues.
> 
> Those are the reasons I decided I wanted to download the full image,
> which I can do overnight. Not only will the bandwidth be much better,
> but if it takes all night I don't care. I'll be asleep, dreaming of the
> joys of running Debian.
> 
> But thanks for pointing out that I want amd64. My main experience with
> distros is Ubuntu, and they have just one 64-bit image that works for
> either Intel or AMD 64-bit CPUs. I didn't realize other distros made a
> distinction.


ia64 == itanium

amd64 == x86_64 == both amd 64-bit x86 plus intel 'em64t' 64-bit x86


I personally find the term 'amd64' very confusing, x86_64 says exactly what it 
is - x86 with 64bit extension. I wish more people would use it :)

Cheers,

Auke