Kernel 386 installed instead of 686

Filipe Bonjour fbonjour at urbanet.ch
Fri Sep 30 14:25:30 UTC 2005


Hi,

>With respect, I think you're rewriting history a fair bit here. The
>reason Ubuntu CDs only include (and therefore only install) the 386
>kernel is because of CD space limitations, not because of
>standardisation. The distinction among kernel optimisation settings
>rarely makes a difference to third-party modules, but even if it does
>there are plenty of tools in Ubuntu to make it easy to rebuild them for
>any of the optimised kernels.
>  
>
I hadn't realized Ubuntu only shipped with the 386 kernel. I only
checked the kernels available after adding the repositories and running
apt-get update. Plus, I just realized didn't manage to connected to the
Internet when I installed (the install obviously can't install
ndiswrappers all by itself). That's answered my question.

Thanks,

Fil

-- 
Filipe Bonjour

      In theory there is no difference between theory and practice.
      In practice there is. -- Yogi Berra





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