Re: kernel for AMD Ahtlon

2006-11-09 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:19:29 -0500 Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Greg, > It is a Safe Choice, that can be tweaked later one. To be honest, > unless you are really using these K7 or 686 instruction sets to the > fullest a 486 kernel will be nearly 99.99% as fast and work just as >

Re: kernel for AMD Ahtlon

2006-11-08 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 16:23 +, Brad Rogers wrote: > Hello All, > > I too, use an AMD processor, and have a -486 kernel installed. This > was selected by the installer, not by me. > > The question still remains though; Why does the installer select a > -486 kernel when a -k7 one would be mor

Re: kernel for AMD Ahtlon

2006-11-08 Thread Brad Rogers
Hello All, I too, use an AMD processor, and have a -486 kernel installed. This was selected by the installer, not by me. The question still remains though; Why does the installer select a -486 kernel when a -k7 one would be more appropriate? I'm confused by this. But only slightly. :-) --

Re: kernel for AMD Ahtlon

2006-11-08 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Dominique Dumont wrote: Peter Hillier-Brook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: If I might pose a supplementary question, can anyone suggest why the default kernel on my AMD Athlon 3200+ is a '-486' version whereas on a Pentium III it's a '-686' version: this is directly from system installation. My un

kernel for AMD Ahtlon (was: Removing redundant kernels)

2006-11-08 Thread Dominique Dumont
Peter Hillier-Brook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If I might pose a supplementary question, can anyone suggest why the > default kernel on my AMD Athlon 3200+ is a '-486' version whereas on a > Pentium III it's a '-686' version: this is directly from system > installation. My understanding of the