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

[OOzy Pal]

On 5/19/06, BBBB <ubuntulist at thingbuilder.com> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Conrad" <adconrad at ubuntu.com>
>
>
> > Chanchao wrote:
> > >
> > > 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 ?
> >
>
> >
> > > 2. Should I be using *386 at all?  My computer is a Pentium 3, so would
> > > *686 be better?
> >
> > You should ideally "apt-get install linux-686", yes.
> >
> > ... Adam
> >
> I am using an AMD 64 processor but don't want to use the 64bit version of
> Ubuntu. Which should I be using? 386, or 686?
>
> Thanks,
> Bradley
>
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I am not been able to install linux-686. I tried,

synaptic
aptitude
apt-get install linux-686
adept

They all get stuck showing a msg:

Waiting for headers

Then after few minutes, I got a fail msg.



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