kernel questions

[Douglas Alves]

Gracias Rodrigo! ¿De qué parte de Iberia sois?

Ahora...

If I have a Celeron, can I install "linux-image-2.6.8.1-3-686", and then (if nothing goes wrong) 
uninstall my 2 (or 4) present kernels?

Does any one know the specific advantages in the -686 kernel ?

rodrigo ahumada wrote:
> El vie, 14-01-2005 a las 18:31 -0400, Douglas Alves escribió:
> 
>>At start-up, the GRUB on my desktop lists 4 kernels:
>>  2.6.8.1-4-386
>>  2.6.8.1-4-386 (Recovery mode)
>>  2.6.8.1-3-386
>>  2.6.8.1-3-386 (Recovery mode)
>>
>>Are the last 2 unnecessary for a newbie like me?
>>Can I uninstall them? or should I remove them from menu.lst?
> 
> 
> try for a while the 2.6.8.1-4-386, and when you get convinced that it
> works OK, uninstall the 2.6.8.1-3-386
> 
> 
>>My desktop PC has a Celeron 2.5 GHz:
>>Synaptic says I have installed:
>>  linux-image-2.6-386        version 2.6.8.1-14
>>  linux-image-2.6.8.1-3-386  version 2.6.8.1-16.1
>>  linux-image-386            version 2.6.8.1-14
>>
>>Is any one redundant and can I remove it?
> 
> 
> linux-image-386 it a fake pkg that means install a kernel for 386, the
> only kernels for 386 in ubuntu are 2.6.X (no 2.4.x), so
> linux-image-2.6-386 means install a kernel 2.6.X for 386 and the current
> kernel 2.6.X for 386 is linux-image-2.6.8.1-3-386
> 
> 
>>Since I have a Celeron, should I install 
>>  linux-image-2.6-686 and/or
>>  linux-image-2.6.8.1-3-686 ?