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Re: [opensuse-factory] Kernel clarification
- From: Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:54:41 +0100
- Message-id: <200911072054.41859.aj@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Saturday 07 November 2009 03:06:19 Basil Chupin wrote:
The desktop kernel needs AFAIR PAE support, I'm not sure your CPU has it -
that might be the reason for the installation of the default one.
In general: kernel-desktop runs on "newer" hardware only, kernel-default
runs also on some older,
Andreas
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Forgot to mention: the CPU is AMD XP 3200+, 1.5GB RAM, 2x 500GB HDs,
The desktop kernel needs AFAIR PAE support, I'm not sure your CPU has it -
that might be the reason for the installation of the default one.
In general: kernel-desktop runs on "newer" hardware only, kernel-default
runs also on some older,
Andreas
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Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE, aj@{novell.com,opensuse.org}
Twitter: jaegerandi | Identica: jaegerandi
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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