Re: Kernel version for Pentium MMX

2008-07-21 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/21/08 17:10, Henry Luciano wrote: [snip] > > Out of curiosity, why hang onto an old Pentium when you can pick up an > old Athlon or P3 for probably nothing? Aside from not dumping yet > another system into the waste stream that is. Maybe(?) be

Re: Kernel version for Pentium MMX

2008-07-21 Thread Account for Debian group mail
Henry, On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, Henry Luciano wrote: > Out of curiosity, why hang onto an old Pentium when you can pick up an old > Athlon or P3 for probably nothing? Aside from not dumping yet another system > into the waste stream that is. Because this computer was long ago paid for and there

Re: Kernel version for Pentium MMX

2008-07-21 Thread Henry Luciano
Account for Debian group mail wrote: My question is, on the upgrade should I install the kernel-image-2.6-386 or the kernel-image-2.6-686? I see no 586tsc. Wow, this brings back memories (COAST modules anyone?) IIRC the 686 image will barf on your Pentium MMX as the Pentium Pro instruction set

Re: Kernel version for Pentium MMX

2008-07-21 Thread Steven Jan Springl
On Monday 21 July 2008 22:49, Account for Debian group mail wrote: > Hello, > > We're in the process of upgrading some old computers from sarge to etch. > > On one computer (used only as a firewall) it has: > > Intel Pentium with F0 0F bug - workaround enabled. > CPU: Intel Pentium MMX stepping 03

Re: Kernel version for Pentium MMX

2008-07-21 Thread Guillaume Ansanay-Alex
> Intel Pentium with F0 0F bug - workaround enabled. > CPU: Intel Pentium MMX stepping 03 > > Anyway the kernel it is running is: > > vmlinuz-2.4.27-4-586tsc for the Pentium-Classic. > > My question is, on the upgrade should I install the kernel-image-2.6-386 > or the kernel-image-2.6-686? I see no