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I have an AMI I created on a small EC2 instance. I've spent most of the night attempting to launch it on a Micro instance. It continually fails the Instance Status Checks. I'm attempting to launch the instance from the AWS web interface.

I finally gave up and launched it as a Small instance in just a couple minutes. I then followed the instructions in attempt to change ec2 instance type fails instance status check and "converted" it to a Micro instance. I now get the same failing behavior as before. If I "Get System Log" it's totally empty.

I'm guessing it's because the AMI has Architecture set to i386. IF that's the case, is there a way for me to create a new AMI and change that or do I have to start all over and re-install my stack on a new x86_64 instance and create a new AMI?

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  • As far as I know there is no constraint on the architecture of micro instances. May 24, 2013 at 12:01
  • That's what I thought too, but apparently there is something going on, thus the question... May 24, 2013 at 15:18

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Micro instances are be EBS backed, they cannot be AMI backed.

  http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/faqs
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    The faq says nothing of the sort. My AMI is a custom built AMI that is EBS based. I started on Micro instances and had no problems using a homegrown AMI that was based on a Micro instance. This is back when Small didn't support 64 bit, so going to small I had to create a new AMI that was 32 bit. Now I can't start on Micro with the AMI that I created on Small and I'm wondering if there is a way around that without having to recreate the entire AMI. Apr 26, 2013 at 15:26

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