On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 05:32:36 -0400 (EDT), antispammbox-debian wrote: > > Kernel 486 is very old 1999?, for my laptop, :-), I would like to install > a kernel 686, as with Squeeze.
Unfortunately, Debian does not offer a 686 non-PAE kernel in wheezy as a stock kernel image package, as it did for squeeze. If you want a kernel which is optimized for your processor you will need to build a custom kernel. I just finished doing that yesterday, as a matter of fact, for my laptop, which has a Pentium M processor. It does not support PAE. (I only have 1G of memory installed anyway, so PAE features would not benefit me.) cat /proc/cpuinfo will tell you all the details about your processor. If you don't see "pae" under "flags", then your processor does not support PAE. Building a custom kernel is not a trivial process. But if you want to tackle this task, I recommend http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm as your guide. Select your processor type during "make menuconfig". Use a -486 kernel config file as your starting point for customization. Good luck. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- 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/8377690.2832355.1377529627608.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
