Re: Will kernels work on the "wrong" hardware?
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On 04/26/07 10:22, Ross Boylan wrote:
> I have a system that died and I'm hoping to salvage it by either
> replacing the motherboard or moving the disks to a new machine. It
> was running the testing 2.6.18-k7 kernel. Will that work if I put it
> in a machine that is not a k7? Specifically, the likely alternatives
> would be ones with proper versions of 686 or amd64.
>
> I did some searching and reviewed the kernel FAQ, Debian installation
> and release notes, and /usr/share/doc/linux-image-2.6-686 (which had
> almost nothing), but couldn't find an answer.
k7 will definitely work on an AMD64 chip, but since k7 is a superset
of 686, I'd doubt that it would work on a P4 (or whatever it's
called nowadays).
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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