Re: 486 kernel images
On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, machoamerica wrote:
>
> i'm looking through the kernel-image packages and i see packages for all
> flavors of intel/amd processors except the 486. can i use either
> kernel-image-2.4.x-386 or kernel-image-2.4.x-586 or do i have to muck
> around with a kernel-source-2.4.x package?
>
Use the i386 kernel images, they should run fine on a 486. I don't think
the 586 image would work on a 486. I know I once compiled a kernel package
using Pentium as the processor type and then mistakenly tried to install
it on a 486 machine and it crashed almost immediately.
Reply to: