-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 22:57:44 -0700, Aaron Matteson wrote: > On 21-Apr-2003, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > > At 03:26 PM 4/15/2003 +0000, you wrote: > > >We have a Duron processor on our machine, which was initially set up with > > >an i686 kernel. Would it be best to stick with that? Or should I use an > > >athlon one? > > > > "Best"? I would use an athlon kernel, since they have the same architecture > > internally. > > Wouldn't that screw with some things since arch specific RPMs for athlon > will not install on a duron, seeing as how it does not register as an > athlon. As far as the kernel is concerned, it may/may not matter but as > a general rule of thumb you shouldn't... or perhaps i am way off. > *shrug* What athlon-specific RPMs do you see except for the kernel? For Duron, the .athlon kernel is the right one and under normal circumstances is chosen by Red Hat's installer. Other arch-specific packages remain i686. - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+pQmO0iMVcrivHFQRApgJAJ97jJ0O0eD5JYY+/b/SFqtmYdRx+ACfUdri hTOdDys3ozN4zl521jtlHYc= =kmOg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
