I am trying to install ubuntu-14.04-desktop-i386 on a Dell Dimension 4600. I get a message - This kernel requires an i86-64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU. Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for you CPU.
This was the only 32 bit version I found to download. How can I find the appropriate download version?
Download the first CD or DVD image file, write it using a CD/DVD recorder (or a USB stick on i386 and amd64 ports), and then reboot from that. The first CD/DVD disk contains all the files necessary to install a standard Debian system. Read the official docs for Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, and Ubuntu Core Other ways to download Ubuntu is available via BitTorrents and via a minimal network installer that allows you to customise what is installed, such as additional languages. Need download version for i686. And it has a Pentium 4 processor, which is a 32-bit (i686) CPU. I can run 32-bit (i386) Ubuntu family iso files live and I can install systems from them. The result described in the question is confusing. Unable to remove plexmedia server from Ubuntu 14.04. Runaway processes named i686 and x86_64.
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Download Ubuntu X86 Iso
I have a Dell Dimension 4600, and it has a Pentium 4 processor, which is a 32-bit (i686) CPU. I can run 32-bit (i386) Ubuntu family iso files live and I can install systems from them. The result described in the question is confusing. The
file contains a system that should work as well as the more current
file. It seems to me that the file names have been confused, and you have tried with 64-bit version.
But standard Ubuntu will be slow in that old computer. I would recommend an Ubuntu community family flavour with a lighter desktop environment,
I386 Ubuntu Server Iso Download Pc
- Lubuntu
- Ubuntu MATE
- Xubuntu.
You find the current versions and flavours via this link,
Ubuntu 64 Bit I386
See also this link,