Re: Stability issues
On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 08:48:40PM -0400, Mike Robinson wrote:
> >Mike Robinson wrote:
> >>I'm almost to the point of blowing the system away and installing
> >>Etch. Anyone with insight would be appreciated.
> >
> >Well, I've decided to throw in the towel and install Etch. I think
> >I'd like to boot with an Etch install CD, keep my partitions, but
> >blow away the Debian Testing installation with Etch. I have one
> >large partition with all of the data I need to save; the rest can go
> >away. I've never done anything like this before, so any
> >warnings/advice is welcome.
>
> Okay, dumb question. It's been a while and I want to get it right. I
> plan on downloading the minimal install CD and do a network install.
> My processor is an Athlon 64 3200+, but I want the 32-bit distribution
> with the 'k7' kernel. Which install image to I burn? I *think* it's
> the i386 image, and hopefully it'll let me choose the kernel
> architecture during the install. Is this correct?
>
Yes, you want the i386 netinst.iso. The installer will present you with
two sets of kernel choices. One is an actual kernel version the other
is a kernel meta-package that depends on the most recent version.
Other than that, I don't know if it will give you the whole list.
I'm on dialup and I just do a base install (don't have it look to the
net for anything) to get a working system fast. Then I run aptitude and
get the packages that I want. You could do this too since the -486
kernel will run on the athlon, then update to your kernel-of-choice.
Just curious: why not amd64? I'm running it on my Athlon64 3800+. The
_only_ thing I need 32-bit for is adobe flashplayer, for which I run a
chroot for the browser. That problem is fixed in Lenny/Sid but I didn't
want to go that route. After having done it, setting up the chroot was
rather simple and schroot makes running it a breeze.
Good luck with the install.
Doug.
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