Installed kernels

Darren Critchley darrenc at telus.net
Fri Oct 8 15:40:21 UTC 2004


Santiago Erquicia wrote:

>I realized that my notebook (Pentium IV) didn't have installed the i686
>kernel but the i386.  Should I add this to bugzilla?  Which component?
>
>Another thing is that the current installation (I installed with the
>first RC) doesn't install the linux-image-i386/i686 package but just one
>version of the kernel.  This makes impossible to automatically know that
>there is a new kernel to update to.
>
>If I have the linux-image-i386/i686 package and I update a kernel, is
>the old kernel uninstalled?
>
>Thanks,
>Santiago
>  
>
Also, can someone describe with processors are supported by the i686. 
More specifically, would a Celeron 400 in my laptop work with a i686 
optimized kernel or should I stick with the i386 one?

Thanks
Darren






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