no, 64bit cpu's don't request 64bit systems. . . .
That makes good sense . . .
but some sites still advertise you can't use 32 bit versions for a 64 bit CPU, such as at :
http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vfd.html_______________________
Virtual Floppy Drive 2.1
This is a virtual floppy drive for Windows NT / 2000 / XP
(Reported to work also on 2003 Server and Vista).
Note !!! This version works only on 32 bit systems !!!See technical info on 64 bit compilation.
You can mount a floppy image file as a virtual floppy drive and directly access the contents -- view, edit, rename, delete or create files on a virtual floppy, format a virtual floppy, launch a program on a virtual floppy... almost anything you can do with a real floppy.
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I realize this software emulator is not exactly the same as a bootable 32 bit v. 64 bit -
but these are the kinds of things that give a newbie like myself that idea.
So anyway, for reasons
not related to the PLoP Linux CD iso,
my Mobile AMD 64 laptop cpu just won't boot - from hard drive or CDROM (it is a DVD R/RW drive, boot sequence set for CDROM boot) -
either with the Fedora-11-i686-Live iso -or - your ploplinux CD iso (which works everywhere else just fine!) .
Maybe I need to modify the PLoP Linux for a CD driver ?
I am gonna spend a bunch of time on your ploplinux site at:
http://www.plop.at/en/ploplinux.htmlas I learn about trying a point-to-point connection LAN boot,
as there could be something with the CD/DVD drive.
Learning to LAN boot with PLoP Linux would be really valuable to know!
Once I can get ploplinux to boot up - PXE network or CD - I realize I could then do about anything -
as it is really great software.
Thanks.