On Fri, 9 Feb 2007, Grok Mogger wrote:
Wackojacko wrote:
Grok Mogger wrote:
Hey everyone,
I'm hoping to get a new AMD Athlon 64 processor, and I'm a little
concerned that I can't identify the proper linux-image package
(planning on using etch).
I do an "aptitude search linux-image" and look through what comes
up, but none of them look like the right one. I did a search on
Debian.org in the package lists and found something more like what I
anticipated: a package named "linux-image-2.6.18-3-amd64".
http://packages.debian.org/testing/admin/linux-image-2.6-amd64
But this doesn't show up in my search results when I use aptitude.
Can anyone help me out? I'd primarily like to know what linux-image
I should use, but I'd also appreciate it if someone could shed some
light on why my aptitude search results often differ from what I
find searching the package list on debian.org, it's happened to me
many times.
Thanks,
- GM
I assume you are currently running a non 64 bit processor and are
therefore using i386 version of debian. AFAIK there are no longer
any amd64 kernels in i386. The kernel you have linked is for the
amd64 distribution which is a completed different set of packages,
the majority of which are 64 bit specific. This requires a complete
reinstall from scratch, although you can keep the i386 install
alongside if you wish. This is what I have done.
That said the generic 386 kernel, or better the K7 kernel in the i386
distribution will give you most of the extensions the amd64 is
capable of without the need to reinstall.
HTH
Wackojacko
Alright, I think that makes sense. So I have two more questions...
1) The reason I don't find the amd64 linux-images when I search with
aptitude is because aptitude is not showing me packages for a 64-bit
processor because my current system uses a 32-bit processor, correct?
Yes.
2) I'm actually building an entirely new system. So I will be
reinstalling everything. =) So I can safely assume that the
installer will auto-detect my AMD Athlon 64 and pick the right
linux-image for me, right?
You'll want to use the amd64 version of the installer ---
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