I'm using 7.2 on an Athlon 1GHz, and I've had no problems whatever with the k_deflt kernel. It is compiled with pentium instructions. Perhaps if I recompiled with Athlon-specific instructions I could gain something, but I figure if the gain was that big, there'd be more recommendations out there to do it. As it is, it's hardly mentioned, so I won't bother. You certainly don't *have* to recompile, since Athlon is completly pentium compatible. I mean, when was the last time you recompiled windows in order to change a CPU? :) regards Anders On Tuesday 02 October 2001 03.46, Terrance Eck wrote:
If someone is using an Athlon CPU and installs SuSE 7.2 do they have any problems? Would they have to recompile the kernel? If I install SuSE 7.2 on a Pentium II do I use (by default) a different kernel then if I install on an Athlon? I don't think so, any comments?
Terry
Clifford Okoro wrote:
He's right. You might need to recompile the kernel esp if it was compiled to target the Intel processor.
Clifford Okoro
You might want to recompile your kernel after you have installed the hard drive on the new system, and choose Athlon processor under Processor type and Features.
Jostein
===== Original Message From Terrance Eck
===== I'm thinking about updating my computer. Currently running SuSE 7.2 on a Pentium II Asus PB2 system. The new system will be Gigabyte GA 7DXR with an AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.4G chip. I will move the hard drive to the new system and hopefully it will boot. Will this work or do I have to reinstall SuSE? Thanks, Terry