
If you have other newer computers, the DVD will likely boot up and run "live" or install just fine. Your Linux DVD is indeed telling you the exact problem: i686 is a 32-bit CPU architecture, not 64-bit. Hi Dennis, and a belated Welcome! I hope that this will be your only donkey ride (but "stuff happens". Why don't you try the verification first and see how you go?

In Windows XP, you could download a free tool that will allow you to check the checksum, if you follow, and SHA256 is the best to use.

You can also read what I not long ago wrote here as background - the part on checksums, aka hashsums, that is. iso to see that it downloaded without compromise. I am from DownUnder it's my Saturday morning and I may be in and out a little, but if I am not around, someone else will pick up the ball and run with itįirst question is to check the verification of the Linux Mint.
