<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Probably earlier answers were right. You downloaded yarrow-x86_64-SRPMS-disc1 (disc2 disc3) iso's. This distribution is for AMD64 processors (like Opteron, AMD64 Athlon and FX). They use long mode, when it works with 64-bit instructions, protected mode when this 32-bit instructions and real mode when with 16-bit instructions. So you need to download   yarrow-SRPMS-disc1.iso,  yarrow-SRPMS-disc2.iso, yarrow-SRPMS-disc3.iso from i386 link (not x86_64). Pentium III is only 32-bit processor, so it can't work in long mode. </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- <DIV>From: "Jim Cavera" <<A href="mailto:j_cavera@yahoo.com">j_cavera@yahoo.com</A>></DIV> <DIV>To: <<A href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</A>></DIV> <DIV>Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 6:47 PM</DIV> <DIV>Subject: n00b install question</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>> My apologies for the (possibly) dumb question. I DL'd<BR>> the CD images and am trying to install on a Dell<BR>> Lattitude LS.<BR>> <BR>> Config: Dell Lattitude LS<BR>> Pentium III, 400 MHz<BR>> 128Mb RAM, 10gig HDD<BR>> <BR>> As per the LinuxLaptop instructions, I cleaned all<BR>> hidden partitions off the drive. I now have a<BR>> completely empty, newly formatted, 10gig partition. <BR>> And no OS.<BR>> <BR>> When running the anaconda installer, I get the error<BR>> (immediately following inital VM loading):<BR>> <BR>> This CPU does not support long mode. Use a 32 bit<BR>> distribution.<BR>> <BR>> What does this mean, how can I fix/avoid it (no, I<BR>> won't buy another laptop)? Note that though I am a<BR>> professional progammer, I am completely new to Linux<BR>> and haven't used *nix in many years. So speak slowly.<BR>> TIA.<BR>> <BR>> - Jim<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> __________________________________<BR>> Do you Yahoo!?<BR>> Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.<BR>> <A href="http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html">http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html</A><BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> fedora-list mailing list<BR>> <A href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</A><BR>> To unsubscribe: <A href="http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</A></BODY></HTML>