Teilhard Knight wrote:
When I boot Mandrake the boot manager gives me a choice between: "linux-smp", "linux", and "linux-nonfb". What is the difference between these?
That's it, thanks.
Teilhard
smp is for more then one processor, or a P4 with hyper threading turned on.
nonfb translates into booting without using the frame buffer. Basicly, writing to the screen like DOS does, instead of directly into video memory. (Simplifed explination.) This does not affect the GUI mode, only the command line mode. Using the frame buffer, you can do interesting things like have a background image with your CLI. (Distracting when running VMS-Empire!)
Linux is single processor, using the frame buffer. This is the route I would go if it works on your machine, and you are not running a P4 with hyper threading.
Mikkel
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