upgrade 386 to 686

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 01:18:46PM -0800, Lloyd D Budd wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 13:09:25 -0800, pol <mulata at gmail.com> wrote:
> > forgive the possibility of overwhelming ignorance here...
> > 
> > i am new to PC architectures and have just realized that the compaq
> > box i have is in fact an old 686 box and not a 386. i installed the
> > 386 version of ubuntu on it and now i am wondering if the only way to
> > upgrade to the 686 version is by downloading the entire ubuntu image,
> > again.
> > 
> > is there a simpler way, perhaps via synaptic or terminal, to upgrade
> > my ubuntu distro to the 686 version?
> 
> You will not have to download the entire ubuntu image again .
> Processor specific optimizations are not generally believed to make
> much difference that is why only some packages where the benefit is
> identified such as the Linux Kernel have 686 packages .
> 
> Similar questions come up regularly .

Regularly enough that it's been in the FAQ for ages. :-)

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/faq/optimised-packages

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 - mdz