[newbie] do I need AMD Kernel
I have an AMD Athlon Thunderbird processor. Do I need to install an Athlon kernel, or just leave everything (Mandrake 8.1) as is? Saw this in an issue of Penguin Shell and didn't know if applied to all Linux distros or not: Athlon Kernel] If you're running an Athlon machine, up2date will update your kernel to i386. Instead of updating it with up2date, download the 2.4.9-7.athlon.rpm and rpm -ivh it. Grub will see the old kernel as default so you just need to reset that and you're golden. - Ernie Schroder Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] do I need AMD Kernel
up2date is a Red Hat utility. The article may have been specific to RH Linux. As far as I know generic kernels work fine on Athlons. On Friday, November 30, 2001, at 11:40 AM, Mr.E. wrote: I have an AMD Athlon Thunderbird processor. Do I need to install an Athlon kernel, or just leave everything (Mandrake 8.1) as is? Saw this in an issue of Penguin Shell and didn't know if applied to all Linux distros or not: Athlon Kernel] If you're running an Athlon machine, up2date will update your kernel to i386. Instead of updating it with up2date, download the 2.4.9-7.athlon.rpm and rpm -ivh it. Grub will see the old kernel as default so you just need to reset that and you're golden. - Ernie Schroder Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] do I need AMD Kernel
On Friday 30 November 2001 11:40 am, Mr.E. wrote: I have an AMD Athlon Thunderbird processor. Do I need to install an Athlon kernel, or just leave everything (Mandrake 8.1) as is? as is.With an Athlon typing 'arch' in a terminal will return ~ $ arch i686 Saw this in an issue of Penguin Shell and didn't know if applied to all Linux distros or not: Athlon Kernel] If you're running an Athlon machine, up2date will update your kernel to i386. This would actually be a downgrade from a Mandrake kernel which are i585. i686 processors like the Athlon are completely compatible. You could recompile the kernel for i686 or Athlon optimizations but you won't recieve any benefits, might even lose some. -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
