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  • netinst amd64 or i386 for Dell Vostro 200?

    From Russell L. Harris@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 13 10:50:02 2025
    I plan to use netinst to install Debian stable on a Dell Vostro 200
    (with a Intel Core 2 sticker) to devote exclusively to a weather
    server running "weewx" (which is written in python) 24/7.

    weewx downloads data from a Davis Instruments console, creates web
    pages with graphical displays, and uploads the pages to my web site.

    In the past I have run weewx. If I recall correctly, the system was
    able to update the web site once a minute. However, it has been many
    moons since I have installed and configured weewx.

    Does Debian amd64 run on the Vostro 200, or must I use i386?

    RLH

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  • From Felix Miata@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 13 10:50:02 2025
    Russell L. Harris composed on 2025-07-13 08:39 (UTC):

    I plan to use netinst to install Debian stable on a Dell Vostro 200
    (with a Intel Core 2 sticker) to devote exclusively to a weather
    server running "weewx" (which is written in python) 24/7.

    weewx downloads data from a Davis Instruments console, creates web
    pages with graphical displays, and uploads the pages to my web site.

    In the past I have run weewx. If I recall correctly, the system was
    able to update the web site once a minute. However, it has been many
    moons since I have installed and configured weewx.

    Does Debian amd64 run on the Vostro 200, or must I use i386?

    All my Core2Duos are 64 bit. I wasn't aware there was any such thing as a 32 bit
    Core2 anything.
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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 13 12:10:02 2025
    On 13.07.2025 10:50 Uhr Russell L. Harris wrote:

    Does Debian amd64 run on the Vostro 200, or must I use i386?

    All Core 2 are amd64 capable.
    If they weren't, you couldn't even boot the amd64 setup image.

    Some Intel Core without 2 existed (e.g. Core Solo and Core Duo), but
    you will notice if you have such a machine. Any Core 2 is safe.

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  • From Andy Smith@21:1/5 to Russell L. Harris on Sun Jul 13 16:20:01 2025
    Hi,

    On Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 08:39:32AM +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote:
    Does Debian amd64 run on the Vostro 200, or must I use i386?

    If you install Debian 12 i386 you will be stuck at that version forever
    as Debian 13 (which will be released in a month or two) will not support
    i386 kernel or installer.

    Thanks,
    Andy

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