386 to 686 updating

[pol]

thank you very much! i totally appreciate the assistance!

mulata


On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 14:34:21 +0000, jp <jaypee at hotpop.com> wrote:
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> pol wrote:
> | On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 14:01:57 +0000, jp <jaypee at hotpop.com> wrote:
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> |>I had to recompile that lufs module for 686. But that was it. 686 works
> |>a lot faster. I was suprised by how much.
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> | now i am even more confused!
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> | okay. i get all the terminal stuff, but the line above: i don't know
> | ANYTHING about recompiling a file in linux. if i just uninstall all
> | that stuff in terminal then ask synaptic to update everything do you
> | think it would catch the 686 lufs module and add it in?
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> | mulata
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> I just needed that module for my own work. If you are currently running
> a 686 build you don't need to worry about it.
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> Sorry to confuse the matter that way.
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> In the future you might find you want functionality that is not
> supported in the default kernel. That's when you need to worry about
> modules.
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> if you open a terminal and type
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> # uname -r
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> and get something like this
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> 2.6.8.1-3-686
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> you are running a 686 kernel you can remove the 386 stuff without fear.
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