Re: AMD processor
On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 16:02, Raymond Gree wrote:
> Donald Spoon wrote:
>
> > Kent West wrote:
> >
> >> raymond gree wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I have an AMD2100 on my mother board, I would like to know if there
> >>> is an advantage to use the K7 kernel. I tried to install it but did
> >>> not succeed. is there a procedure to so this kernel upgrade ?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>> Raymond
> >>>
> >>>
> >> I would assume there's an advantage, since the K7 variant is compiled
> >> for the Athlon/Duron.
> >>
> >> Make sure you have the line "initrd=/initrd.img" in your Linux stanza
> >> in /etc/lilo.conf.
> >>
> >> apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.20-k7
> >>
> >> "Continue" or don't "Stop now".
> >>
> >> Reboot
> >
> >
> > I recently upgraded my PIII-450 Motherboard to a faster Athalon MB
> > with and AMD 1333 processor. When I did the initial boot, I still was
> > using the 2.4.19-686 kernel and everything worked fine. I then
> > upgraded to the 2.4.19-k7 kernel, and everything still worked fine. I
> > can't say I found much difference...performance wise, but then I
> > didn't do any in-depth studies. I do know that with the 2.4.19-k7
> > kernel all the VIA chipsets are detected and setup properly for all my
> > IDE devices. I can't say they were not with the other kernel, though.
> >
> > I would echo Kent's caution about making sure the "initrd=/initrd.img"
> > statement is in your /etc/lilo.conf file. It absoultely needs this to
> > be able to boot. There is a caution about this during the install.
> > This is especially true if you are upgrading from the 2.4.18-bf4
> > kernel, which doesn't have that line. That is about the only thing I
> > have found that would cause the new kernel-image package not to work.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -Don Spoon-
> >
> >
> >
> I have done the apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-K7 and added the
> initrd=/initrd.img (see below)
> but when I login the systel displays 2.4.18-bf24
> is there a way to check which kernel I am running?
> Thanks
> Raymond
>
> image=/vmlinuz
> label=Linux
> read-only
> initrd=/initrd.img
> # restricted
> # alias=1
>
uname -r or uname-a for more info
--
Dale Hair <dale@meridian-electric.com>
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