On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 09:51:02PM +0100, slink wrote: > > From what I remember, the installer lets you choose one of these > > versions: > > > > * 686 (optimized for Pentiums and Celerons) > > * K7 (optimized for AMD Athlons and Durons) > > * SMP versions of both (HyperThreading/multicore processors > > etc., though these will run just fine if your box doesn't provide > > Symmetric MultiProcessing)
There are no separate SMP versions. All Debian 686 kernels now support SMP. > In the interests of providing the definitive answer I reinstalled to > the choices point. > > They were ... > > linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 This is the good one. > linux-image-2.6.18-4-486 This is the more generic kernel which should work with anything from 486 upwards. > linux-image-2.6-686 > linux-image-2.6-486 These are just convenient packages which assure you always run the latest kernel of your choice. > So did I chose correctly before with linux-image-2.6-18-4-686 on the > celeron 2.6? There's no better choice from the precompiled kernels. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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