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Re: Kernel version for Pentium MMX



On Monday 21 July 2008 22:49, Account for Debian group mail wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We're in the process of upgrading some old computers from sarge to etch.
>
> On one computer (used only as a firewall) it has:
>
> Intel Pentium with F0 0F bug - workaround enabled.
> CPU: Intel Pentium MMX stepping 03
>
> Anyway the kernel it is running is:
>
> vmlinuz-2.4.27-4-586tsc for the Pentium-Classic.
>
> My question is, on the upgrade should I install the kernel-image-2.6-386
> or the kernel-image-2.6-686? I see no 586tsc.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken

Ken

The Pentium MMX is a 586, you should use kernel-image-2.6-386.

Steven.


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