Right kernel for centrino?

Randy Forston rforston at earthlink.net
Tue Aug 30 18:33:13 UTC 2005


andrewsawyer [ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org] <> wrote:
>
> When installing the 686 kernel on my Centrino machine using Synaptic
> (linux-restricted-modules-2.6.10-5-686), should I remove the 386 stuff
> at the same time, or should I wait until after reboot, or should I not
> do anything coz it will do it automatically?
> 
> I'm not too sure on these things, and I don't want to end up with a
> dead system! 
> 
> Cheers,
>
> Andy
> andrewsawyer


Leave it there .....

That way if, for some reason, the new kernel doesn't boot,
you can always go back to a known good installation.

Once you're sure it's working properly, you can always delete 
the old kernel.


Randy




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