On 07/17/2011 07:58 AM, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 08:00:03 PM [email protected] wrote:
Message: 2
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:45:43 +0100
From: Maurice Batey<[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Mageia-discuss] Installer: Server v. desktop kernel: No
choice?
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Having installed Mageia-1 (from DVD), I find it has installed the
server kernels, rather than the desktop kernels.
Presumably that's because my PC has 4GB RAM, but - on this 1-user system
- I would have preferred the desktop kernels to be installed.
Did I miss an installation option, to choose server v. desktop?
If not, could the installer be given such an option - perhaps in
some 'Advanced' tab?
That would avoid having to swap kernels with:
urpmi kernel-desktop-latest
urpmi kernel-desktop-devel-latest
urpmi nvidia-current-kernel-desktop-latest
(assuming that will do the trick here).
--
/\/\aurice
(Retired in Surrey, UK) Registered Linux User #487649
I raised this one on the Mandriva list. I was told that it was because I had
a 32-bit version installed on a 64-bit capable machine. Sure enough, when I
installed the 64-bit version, I got the desktop kernel by default.
Doug.
Well, that explains it. Mandriva has been insisting on installing the
server kernel since I bought this Sempron 3100+ cpu/motherboard combo
from a recycler on Ebay a couple of years ago, even though the
motherboard supports a maximum of 2GB of DDR RAM. (I chose it because I
needed a new mobo, was, as always, strapped for cash, and wanted to use
my existing RAM modules.) With Mandriva, I switched to the desktop
kernel manually, but with Mageia I decided to stick with the server
kernel just to see how it worked out. Frankly, I see little if any
difference in speed or operation from a user's perspective between the
two 32-bit kernels on my machine, so when I finally get the time to
switch to Mageia as my production install I'll continue with the server
kernel.
I looked into installing the 64-bit version of Mandriva when I
discovered my cpu was 64-bit capable, but concluded at the time that
there was no real advantage on this machine since the maximum RAM is
less than 4 GB. So far, I've been happy with that, but in light of
recent development, is there any reason why I should reconsider?
TJ
