-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/26/07 10:22, Ross Boylan wrote: > I have a system that died and I'm hoping to salvage it by either > replacing the motherboard or moving the disks to a new machine. It > was running the testing 2.6.18-k7 kernel. Will that work if I put it > in a machine that is not a k7? Specifically, the likely alternatives > would be ones with proper versions of 686 or amd64. > > I did some searching and reviewed the kernel FAQ, Debian installation > and release notes, and /usr/share/doc/linux-image-2.6-686 (which had > almost nothing), but couldn't find an answer.
k7 will definitely work on an AMD64 chip, but since k7 is a superset of 686, I'd doubt that it would work on a P4 (or whatever it's called nowadays). - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGMNhoS9HxQb37XmcRAl90AKCjpQOPOvs2dSvNdAUvnaPF7QlmMACglSAK WUFNSMTeTsrJNRpY9DQ1Ujs= =c66Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
