On Thursday 21 September 2006 05:53, Damon Register wrote:
Stevens wrote:
I have an old K6-2/450 that will run Suse up to 8.2 but not version 9, as it won't run the 2.6 kernel. Of course, it won't run XP either, but who cares.
Like Mr. Jessen, I am curious about why you say it won't run the 2.6 kernel. In a lab here at work I have been running SuSE 9.1 with 2.6 kernel on an old Micron PC with a 300 MHz Pentium II for quite a while with no trouble. So it isn't a K-6 but it is older and slower. Are you saying that the K-6 has some problem with 2.6 kernel?
OK, here goes: As far as I can determine, the K6-2 processor was an attempt by AMD to compete with Intel and was "comparable" but not "compatible" to the original Pentium. I do not know the internal differences between the two, but I do know that the K6-2 will not, repeat not, accept the 2.6 kernel, nor will it accept Windows XP. I tried repeatedly to get different OS versions to load and run and the best that I could do was a 2.4 kernel Linux or Win ME. The guys on ntlug.org went further into the reasons why, but that's the essence. As for the comment that Suse 9x had the option to select either 2.4 or 2.6 kernels, I would welcome that person to take my 9.1 installation CD and perform that magic. I have never seen that option offered. =====