How to update bios to support 64-bit cpu in Debian?

[StarLiu]

I have a intel dual-core cpu which supports 64-bit mode, and I want to install a IA64 etch on it, so i burn the etch IA64 iso CD, but i cannot boot from it! I guess it's caused by my bios not supporting 64-bit mode, it's a ami bios v02.57 which has neither information about 64bit nor hyper threading features, so i want to update the bios.
Is there any tool to update the ami bios on a msi motherboard in debian? thanks!

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[Dylan Garrett]

Try the amd64 disk. The IA64 disk is for Itanium CPUs, which are different from most 64-bit CPUs.

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Star Liu <minxinjianxin@...> wrote:

I have a intel dual-core cpu which supports 64-bit mode, and I want to install a IA64 etch on it, so i burn the etch IA64 iso CD, but i cannot boot from it! I guess it's caused by my bios not supporting 64-bit mode, it's a ami bios v02.57 which has neither information about 64bit nor hyper threading features, so i want to update the bios.
Is there any tool to update the ami bios on a msi motherboard in debian? thanks!

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[Ron Johnson]

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On 06/20/08 19:53, Star Liu wrote:
> I have a intel dual-core cpu which supports 64-bit mode, and I want to
> install a IA64 etch on it, so i burn the etch IA64 iso CD, but i cannot
> boot from it! I guess it's caused by my bios not supporting 64-bit mode,
> it's a ami bios v02.57 which has neither information about 64bit nor
> hyper threading features, so i want to update the bios.
> Is there any tool to update the ami bios on a msi motherboard in debian?
> thanks!

And no wonder: IA64 is a completely different CPU architecture than
what's in your box.  You need the amd64 ISO.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD64
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IA64

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[StarLiu]

thanks, i will try soon....

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Dylan Garrett <dylan.garrett@...> wrote:

Try the amd64 disk. The IA64 disk is for Itanium CPUs, which are different from most 64-bit CPUs.

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Star Liu <minxinjianxin@...> wrote:

I have a intel dual-core cpu which supports 64-bit mode, and I want to install a IA64 etch on it, so i burn the etch IA64 iso CD, but i cannot boot from it! I guess it's caused by my bios not supporting 64-bit mode, it's a ami bios v02.57 which has neither information about 64bit nor hyper threading features, so i want to update the bios.
Is there any tool to update the ami bios on a msi motherboard in debian? thanks!

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[StarLiu]

thanks, using the amd64 cd, i can install now. :)