* Jo Shields <jo.shields@comlab.ox.ac.uk> [2006:05:31:14:12:17+0100] scribed:
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Thank you, for your participation in these matters.
> I recommend application of common sense.
Please, be patient with me.
I am trying to get my brain around this whole amd64 thing. This is not
immediately intuitive to me, especially since everything is in motion,
and so many things are changing simultaneously.
> I've already stated why you might already have a 2.6.15 system
Yes, I understand that. However, I used this to install:
debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso
I am under the impression that this is integral to the recent
subsumption of amd64 into the standard debian repository; and,
therefore, that I should follow this standard repository for
etch/testing.
Today, you advised that the kernel that that ISO installed did NOT come
from the standard repository.
I am confused. What am I missing?
> (requirement for a newer kernel for hardware reasons),
OK, I understand what you wrote there; but, how could I have guessed
that from your previous message?
So, is that the whole story; that my system requires kernel
functionality NOT available prior to 2.6.15 ??? If I know this, then
much else follows naturally ...
> that backports.org has 2.6.15 kernels on it,
Yes, you did make that clear.
Is the backports.org path preferable to debian standard `experimental'?
WHY? Is this documented somewhere? I have not found any FAQ regarding
this ...
Sometime in my i386 past, I ended up with a totally messed up system, by
following backports.org, and later trying to upgrade back into standard
repository, once newer packages were available there. That, to my
simple mind, was NOT a good `application of common sense' ;<
> and that the kernel ending in -amd64-k8-smp is appropriate for you.
OK. I was not even sure about `smp', because I have read something
stating that my system is not exactly `smp'; rather, something more
parallel than symmetric -- but, I probably misunderstood this?
> Fill in the blanks.
Thank you. You obviously have been doing this amd64 stuff for quite
some time! I am the newbie. As a newbie, I try very hard to err on the
side of caution; until such time as I know enough to be dangerous. Am I
there yet?
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Best Regards,
helices
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Dare to fix things before they break . . .
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Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much
we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . .
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