Re: Switching kernel config from x86_64 to i686

2007-10-28 Thread Orestes Leal
In the root of the kernel sources do a make menuconfig, goto processor type and features and select the wanted option, recompile the kernel, install the kernel, update the bootloader and you're done, for the other stuff I don't know because me english it's a little scarse (yet), good luck friend.

Re: Switching kernel config from x86_64 to i686

2007-10-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 07:17:29PM -0400, Frederick N. Brier wrote: > I made the mistake of taking a default or selecting the wrong kernel (my > machine is an AMD X2). So I now have a 64 bit kernel (x86_64), which I > have read is "transitional". Since so many packages are only 32 bit, my > li

Switching kernel config from x86_64 to i686

2007-10-28 Thread Frederick N. Brier
I made the mistake of taking a default or selecting the wrong kernel (my machine is an AMD X2). So I now have a 64 bit kernel (x86_64), which I have read is "transitional". Since so many packages are only 32 bit, my life has gotten complex trying to make everything work and with contemplation