camorri Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 I have never updated the kernel since I install Mandriva 2006. Right now uname -a shows: Linux sluggy 2.6.12-12mdk #1 Fri Sep 9 18:15:22 CEST 2005 i686 Pentium III (Katmai) unknown GNU/Linux This is the stock kernel. I looked at the Advisories, and they list 12 choices for a kernel upgrade. It is not at all clear to me which package I should install. This is the list : b7c0334ecb73bb3b14173ef4dcdfa51b 2006.0/i586/kernel-2.6.12.31mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm 8307e34d54134ab5cb41833d1b9d7742 2006.0/i586/kernel-BOOT-2.6.12.31mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm d329fdf03e99dfa15b08bb7c2791ed37 2006.0/i586/kernel-doc-2.6.12.31mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm 3cf6a4198f43493932ea8251d4ee82dc 2006.0/i586/kernel-i586-up-1GB-2.6.12.31mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm c03817495740a0e9b1420f0991baf47f 2006.0/i586/kernel-i686-up-4GB-2.6.12.31mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm 3e96d0ad0b5637d62db5233ca2df7d47 2006.0/i586/kernel-smp-2.6.12.31mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm 65e1e7c5c155045d52474444870b13d3 2006.0/i586/kernel-source-2.6.12.31mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm 9b62d79a9503c6f0db71166409c48c39 2006.0/i586/kernel-source-stripped-2.6.12.31mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm 553faeda754e6007c592aa5ba5c48ea0 2006.0/i586/kernel-xbox-2.6.12.31mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm 4ee72a08f25d24ee409fdab7c8ec4f17 2006.0/i586/kernel-xen0-2.6.12.31mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm 53304c8f505a4cbac0ac9a2ff01b379b 2006.0/i586/kernel-xenU-2.6.12.31mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm d7a287562aed00fbc8167aa55bbb3bb9 2006.0/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.12.31mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm I know I don't want the source, or ones for xen, but it still leaves about 5 choices. How do I know which one to pick? Do I need the one marked kernel-BOOT or just plain kernel, or i586 version? [moved from Software by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 kernel-i586-up-1GB-2.6.12.31mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm if you have up to 1 GB RAM on your computer (the most widely used kernel) kernel-i686-up-4GB-2.6.12.31mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm if you have a computer with more than 1 GB RAM kernel-smp-2.6.12.31mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm if you have a dual or quad-core computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camorri Posted March 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 I have less than a gig of ram, so I'll give the one for up to a gig a try. Thank-you for the input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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