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nicovell3

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[SOLVED] Installation on i686

I supposed there would so many questions about this topic, but I couldn't find any of them...

I've tried to install Arch on an old computer, but when I booted from the installation media an error was displayed:

This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU
Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU

So I thought "well, I just need the 32bit iso to install Arch..." But I couldn't find it. Then I read this at the Arch Wiki (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide):

Arch Linux should run on any x86_64-compatible machine

I must deduce I won't be able to boot an official ArchLinux iso on my 32bit Compaq mini?

Last edited by nicovell3 (2017-08-18 09:36:33)

dockland

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Re: [SOLVED] Installation on i686

Arch is phasing out 32 bit until november 2017. So the supported architecture is x86_64 i asume.

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Re: [SOLVED] Installation on i686

Correct. See https://www.archlinux.org/news/phasing- … 6-support/ and https://archlinux32.org/

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V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Installation on i686

There aren't many questions about this because it has been announced.

https://www.archlinux.org/news/phasing- … 6-support/

Look into www.archlinux32.org - a community maintained project to keep i686 architecture alive, however be aware that we will treat it like all derivatives, you won't be able to ask for support here.

Edit: Whelp, too late

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nicovell3

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Re: [SOLVED] Installation on i686

Nice, I'll mark as solved this topic then. Thanks!

eschwartz

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Re: [SOLVED] Installation on i686

Keep in mind that you can use the archiso installation media they provide to pacstrap a new install from the official archlinux.org repositories for i686, and then switch to the archlinux32 repos in November. Though the archlinux32 repositories *should* be fully functional by now, there were still a few minor kinks in the build system and not every package was able to be rebuilt from scratch in an archlinux32 chroot yet.

More testing is of course entirely welcome.

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