i386 to i686 kernel

Harry Sufehmi milis-2 at harrysufehmi.com
Fri Oct 8 11:12:26 UTC 2004


Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 05:10:54AM +0000, justajeeper at comcast.net wrote:
>>I get this error when I try to enable the i686 kernel:
>>root at Bad-Mamma-Jamma:/home/justajeeper # sudo apt-get install linux-2.6.1.8-3-686
>>Reading Package Lists... Done
>>Building Dependency Tree... Done
>>E: Couldn't find package linux-2.6.1.8-3-686
>>any suggestions?
> 
> You've got the name wrong.
> sudo apt-get install linux-686
> is correct, easier to remember and will always give you the latest stuff.
> :-)

Thanks Matt, just done that - this machine now is very speedy and 
responsive (or it's probably just me again :-)


Thanks,
Harry




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