On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 16:02, Raymond Gree wrote: > Donald Spoon wrote: > > > Kent West wrote: > > > >> raymond gree wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I have an AMD2100 on my mother board, I would like to know if there > >>> is an advantage to use the K7 kernel. I tried to install it but did > >>> not succeed. is there a procedure to so this kernel upgrade ? > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> Raymond > >>> > >>> > >> I would assume there's an advantage, since the K7 variant is compiled > >> for the Athlon/Duron. > >> > >> Make sure you have the line "initrd=/initrd.img" in your Linux stanza > >> in /etc/lilo.conf. > >> > >> apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.20-k7 > >> > >> "Continue" or don't "Stop now". > >> > >> Reboot > > > > > > I recently upgraded my PIII-450 Motherboard to a faster Athalon MB > > with and AMD 1333 processor. When I did the initial boot, I still was > > using the 2.4.19-686 kernel and everything worked fine. I then > > upgraded to the 2.4.19-k7 kernel, and everything still worked fine. I > > can't say I found much difference...performance wise, but then I > > didn't do any in-depth studies. I do know that with the 2.4.19-k7 > > kernel all the VIA chipsets are detected and setup properly for all my > > IDE devices. I can't say they were not with the other kernel, though. > > > > I would echo Kent's caution about making sure the "initrd=/initrd.img" > > statement is in your /etc/lilo.conf file. It absoultely needs this to > > be able to boot. There is a caution about this during the install. > > This is especially true if you are upgrading from the 2.4.18-bf4 > > kernel, which doesn't have that line. That is about the only thing I > > have found that would cause the new kernel-image package not to work. > > > > Cheers, > > -Don Spoon- > > > > > > > I have done the apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-K7 and added the > initrd=/initrd.img (see below) > but when I login the systel displays 2.4.18-bf24 > is there a way to check which kernel I am running? > Thanks > Raymond > > image=/vmlinuz > label=Linux > read-only > initrd=/initrd.img > # restricted > # alias=1 >
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