[TriLUG] Newbie: Kernel Question

[Jeremy Portzer]

On 14 Oct 2003, Jon Carnes wrote:

> On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 20:32, Adalita Brown wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > I'm using RH9, kernel 2.4.20-8.  At this time, my linux machine has no connectivity to the Internet and not able to download the latest RPMs.  I would like to download the kernel 2.4.20-20.9 from the TriLUG FTP site but am confused which folder to select: i386, i586 and i686.  My OS kernel type is i686 and my CPU kernel type is i386.  Also, I'd like to know if I need to compile the kernel 2.4.20-20.9.
> > 
> > -adalita
> > 
> You'll find the laterst kernel here:
> ftp://ftp.trilug.org/linux/redhat/linux/updates/9/en/os/i386
> 
> kernel-2.4.20-20.9.i386.rpm
> 

While the kernel that Jon mentions will work, it will be slower than the 
i686 or athlon kernel, and it will not support advanced features like 
NPTL.  I would strongly suggest you get the kernel that has been optimized 
for your architecture, which is likely either i686 for Pentium IIs or 
later, or Celerons, or athlon for Athlons and Durons.

Regards,
Jeremy

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