Hello, On my testing VM machine, I'm currently running:
root@debian:~# uname -a Linux debian 2.6.38-2-686 #1 SMP Sun May 8 14:49:45 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux Today, I've just run a dist-upgrade and see this: The following NEW packages will be installed: linux-image-2.6.39-2-686-pae (2.6.39-2) linux-image-686-pae (2.6.39+35.1) mksh (40.1-1) The following packages will be upgraded: cvs (1.12.13-12+b2 => 1.12.13+real-5) git (1.7.5.3-1 => 1.7.5.4-1) git-man (1.7.5.3-1 => 1.7.5.4-1) linux-image-686 (2.6.38+34 => 2.6.39+35.1) linux-libc-dev (2.6.38-5 => 2.6.39-2) 5 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 39.2 MB of archives. After this operation, 85.3 MB of additional disk space will be used. But my VM does not expose the PAE/NX feature: root@debian:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 14 model name : Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2400 @ 1.83GHz stepping : 8 cpu MHz : 1828.410 cache size : 6144 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 constant_tsc up pni monitor bogomips : 3656.82 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 32 bits physical, 32 bits virtual power management: I already knew about this kernel change: http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2011/02/msg00244.html But now the day has come and I've got two questions: 1. Will the PAE kernel work on this VM? I guess no. 2. Shouldn't the dist-upgrade routine had to automatically determine the best kernel for this system? Or at least provide some kind of warning? I think a 486 kernel would be a more sensitive choice. Any commnents? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.06.21.14.58...@gmail.com
