On Fri, Apr 02, 1999 at 02:50:07AM -0600, Matt Stegman wrote:
> I've been reading with interest the posts about upgrading your kernel. I'm
> interested mainly because of the NTFS support (I'm dual boot between Mandrake
> & NT and I wanna mount my NTFS partition), but while I've been reading up on
> the kernel (specifically http://linuxtoday.com/stories/296.html) I discovered
> that "Linux 2.2 will be the first stable Linux to support options for the
> various non-Intel processors in the kernel configuration tool." My computer
> has an AMD K6-2 processor. Does this mean that the new kernel will work
> better with my processor than the 2.0 that is included with Mandrake?
No. I don't know of any further K6 optimizations that have been done for
the 2.2.x series of kernels. Overall, however, the 2.2.x kernel DOES feel
much faster than 2.0.x.
For K6 optimizations, you'll probably want to grab Mandrake 6.0 when they
ship it. THAT looks like a great distro.
> Another question I have regards the kernel update posted on Mandrake's page:
> http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/kernel2.2-upgrade.html. On that page, it looks
> like they're saying you can just install these RPMs, setup LILO, pull a reboot,
> and off you go! However, one recent post by Steve Philip talked about needing
> to update symbolic links (I guess that's what's going on). Then there was a
> response that no, this isn't necessary. Which is it? Also, does this really
> mean that you can upgrade without compiling the kernel?
Yes. The confusion that you're having is that some people are simply
installing the .rpm packages and some are compiling their own kernel. The
.rpm packages will take care of the symlinks for you. Compiling your own,
and you have to do the symlinks.
> Thanks in advance for your answers,
> Matt
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Hope this helps!
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Steve Philp
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