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  1. 10-08-2005 #1
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    Rather amusing message in the installation of SuSE 10

    When I first booted into my SuSE 10 DVD it tells me
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    cool computer but...
Are you aware that you are trying to install 32 bit software on a 64 bit proc?
    Or something similar to that, I cannot recall. I'll try to find out a way on how I can take a pic of it or something.
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    Haha smart install!
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    I love how SuSE 9.3 says "The system is down" while shutting down...heh.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SpaceSquad
    I love how SuSE 9.3 says "The system is down" while shutting down...heh.
    Before I got the ACPI correctly in slack, I remember it saying "power down" and expecting you to press the power button...
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    Doesn't every shell do that though? Whenever I shutdown from the terminal it says "the system is going down NOW!". I think it's just a universal *nix thing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by chopin1810
    Doesn't every shell do that though? Whenever I shutdown from the terminal it says "the system is going down NOW!". I think it's just a universal *nix thing.
    I mean after the system is finished shutting down, just without the ACPI it could'nt turn off the power. What I meant was the last message printed on screen before stalling.
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    Re: Rather amusing message in the installation of SuSE 10

    Code:
    cool computer but...
Are you aware that you are trying to install 32 bit software on a 64 bit proc?
    I got something like that from a LiveCD. It wasn't about 64 bit, but it just basicly said that my system was not quite up to the specs needed for SuSE. That was in my dual PIII with 1Gb ram, so I didn't even bother to figure out what the deal was......damned lizard
    /IMHO
    //got nothin'
    ///this use to look better
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    Quote Originally Posted by jaboua
    Quote Originally Posted by chopin1810
    Doesn't every shell do that though? Whenever I shutdown from the terminal it says "the system is going down NOW!". I think it's just a universal *nix thing.
    I mean after the system is finished shutting down, just without the ACPI it could'nt turn off the power. What I meant was the last message printed on screen before stalling.
    I have the same problem on my FC3 machine... how'd you fix it?
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    You need to enable ACPI. It's the power management for modern computers. It may already be installed but need to be appended to your entry in the bootloader to enable it.
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