Where is the i686 kernel
Tony Arnold
tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk
Thu May 19 22:22:15 UTC 2005
On Thu, 2005-05-19 at 23:49 +0300, ZIYAD A. M. AL-BATLY wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-05-19 at 20:47 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote:
> > I have an i686 class machine (as reported by uname -m) so I gues I
> > should be running a kernel that is optimised for an i686. The kernel I
> > am currently running is 2.6.10-5-386, however, when I search for the
> > 585 kernel in Synaptic, I cannot find it. Any ideas where I should be
> > looking?
> There is no 586 kernel in Ubuntu. 386, 686, or K7 are available (with
> last two have SMP flavor for multi-processors systems). (Is this a typo
> from your side?)
Yes, it was a typo!
> What you need (probably) is 686. Search for, and install
> “linux-image-686”.
Thanks. I found it.
Regards,
Tony.
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