On 17 July 2011 14:57, TJ <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? >>> Message-ID:<[email protected]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-jp >>> >>> 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 > >
Actually there're two criteria that must be met for the installer to opt for the kernel-server a) You have a 64-bit capable CPU and b) you have, at least, more than 3GB+ of RAM; if you only have 2GB of RAM then that's a bug in the installer, it should have opted for kernel-desktop, IIUC. -- Ahmad Samir
