Will EasyOS work in 32-bit machines? (Answered: no)

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memo · #1 Post by **memo** » Wed 10 Jun 2020, 09:13

Hi everyone,

is easyOS working only on a 64 bit machines ?

Semme · #2 Post by **Semme** » Wed 10 Jun 2020, 09:52

Down the page >> https://easyos.org/about/how-and-why-ea ... erent.html

memo · #3 Post by **memo** » Wed 10 Jun 2020, 09:59

Semme wrote:Down the page >> https://easyos.org/about/how-and-why-ea ... erent.html

thanks for the link, I have already checked the site but I old find the 64 bit version and it is not even an iso, I have no idea what .img.gz means. this can be found on this link

https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64 ... ter/2.3.1/

Semme · #4 Post by **Semme** » Wed 10 Jun 2020, 10:12

https://easyos.org/tag_install.html

In theory, as Easy is built from WoofQ, it can use any binary packages, i686 for example. However, each architecture requires time and effort to support, so Easy releases are only x86_64 and aarch64 builds. In the latter case, may target RPi3&4 and Rock64 boards.

http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/di ... readme.htm

memo · #5 Post by **memo** » Wed 10 Jun 2020, 11:16

Semme wrote:https://easyos.org/tag_install.html
In theory, as Easy is built from WoofQ, it can use any binary packages, i686 for example. However, each architecture requires time and effort to support, so Easy releases are only x86_64 and aarch64 builds. In the latter case, may target RPi3&4 and Rock64 boards.
http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/di ... readme.htm

so it wont wonk on my i686 machine right? is it also the case regarding easupup? it is a derivative from easyos

Semme · #6 Post by **Semme** » Wed 10 Jun 2020, 11:22

Correct. For "easupup" which must be a typo, provide a link.

Semme · #7 Post by **Semme** » Wed 10 Jun 2020, 11:25

Oh, EasyPup! Hold on... Yes, 64b arch only.

memo · #8 Post by **memo** » Wed 10 Jun 2020, 11:31

so both will not work on this i686 machine then.

thanks semme for the info.

Semme · #9 Post by **Semme** » Wed 10 Jun 2020, 11:38

Not suggesting you should try this, but, a possibly interesting Q & A for you to peruse:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/question ... ntu-system

#10 Post by **Flash** » Wed 10 Jun 2020, 12:11

EasyPup is an .iso, which can be burnt to a CD or DVD so you can try it out (without installing it in the hard disk) in any machine that has an optical drive and can boot from it. Also, there are ways to "install" EasyPup to a USB flash drive, for machines that can boot from USB.

memo · #11 Post by **memo** » Wed 10 Jun 2020, 13:13

Flash wrote:EasyPup is an .iso, which can be burnt to a CD or DVD so you can try it out (without installing it in the hard disk) in any machine that has an optical drive and can boot from it. Also, there are ways to "install" EasyPup to a USB flash drive, for machines that can boot from USB.

Just tried it and it does not support i686 cpu even with forcepae command. thanks for the suggestion.

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