[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Fox) writes: [...]
> > > My machine has a nasty tendancy to hard crash when I play BZFLAG for > > > extended periods without the "mem=nopentium" option. > > > > > > I also read somewhere that this options if highly recommended (for > > > stability) for AMD based mahines. > > > > > > Why doesn't the DrakX install catch this and do this automatically? > > > > because I really think it should be fixed in the kernel? > > > > if mem=nopentium is *needed*, why not have it by default! [...] > Agreed it "should" be fixed in the kernel - but how long can we afford > to wait - and what are the consequences of NOT adding the option for the > next (imminent) Mandrake release?? patching the kernel to have this is easy. I don't care if the "standard" kernel doesn't have it. AFAIK they (kernel people) say it's not a clean solution, nor does it fix everything. As for me, I don't care wether it's ugly or not. Having it lilo.conf means it will stay there after upgrading to fixed kernel. The right place to fix is in the kernel.
