386 vs 686 kernel? And uninstall linux-image-2.6.15-21-386 removes Linux-386?

Karl Goetz kamping_kaiser at internode.on.net
Fri May 19 09:12:36 UTC 2006


OOzy Pal wrote:
> On 5/19/06, Karl Goetz <kamping_kaiser at internode.on.net> wrote:
>> Chanchao wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Did another dapper dist-upgrade...  Didn't go so well, lost the option
>> > to boot Windows XP... :(  Managed to get it back by manually editing
>> > boot menu files, fortunately there was a backup.
>> >
>> > Anyway, it also replaced the kernel image with a new version. Two
>> > questions:
>> >
>> > 1. If I mark the old one, linux-image-2.6.15-21-386, for removal, then
>> > it also wants to remove Linux-386... Would that be bad?  I thought
>> > Linux-386 would just point to the current version, which is
>> > linux-image-2.6.15-23-386 ?
>>
>> linux-386 is a metapackage that (as you say) should always point to the
>> newest -386 kernel.
>>
>> >
>> > 2. Should I be using *386 at all?  My computer is a Pentium 3, so would
>> > *686 be better?
>>
>> Yes
>>
>> What you could/should do is install a -686 kernel, then remove all your
>> -386 stuff at once.
>> kk
>>
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Chanchao
>> >

> 
> My computer is P4 (32bit) 3.4Gh (Desktop) can I install -686 kernel?
> If yes, how? Is it through Synaptic?
> 
yes and yes.
its linux-image-VERSION-686
kk

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