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Mandriva has been insisting on installing the server +</I>><i> kernel since I bought this Sempron 3100+ cpu/motherboard combo from a +</I>><i> recycler on Ebay a couple of years ago, even though the motherboard supports +</I>><i> a maximum of 2GB of DDR RAM. (I chose it because I needed a new mobo, was, +</I>><i> as always, strapped for cash, and wanted to use my existing RAM modules.) +</I>><i> With Mandriva, I switched to the desktop kernel manually, but with Mageia I +</I>><i> decided to stick with the server kernel just to see how it worked out. +</I>><i> Frankly, I see little if any difference in speed or operation from a user's +</I>><i> perspective between the two 32-bit kernels on my machine, so when I finally +</I>><i> get the time to switch to Mageia as my production install I'll continue with +</I>><i> the server kernel. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I looked into installing the 64-bit version of Mandriva when I discovered my +</I>><i> cpu was 64-bit capable, but concluded at the time that there was no real +</I>><i> advantage on this machine since the maximum RAM is less than 4 GB. So far, +</I>><i> I've been happy with that, but in light of recent development, is there any +</I>><i> reason why I should reconsider? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> TJ +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I> +Actually there're two criteria that must be met for the installer to +opt for the kernel-server a) You have a 64-bit capable CPU and b) you +have, at least, more than 3GB+ of RAM; if you only have 2GB of RAM +then that's a bug in the installer, it should have opted for +kernel-desktop, IIUC. + +-- +Ahmad Samir +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="004974.html">[Mageia-discuss] Kmail +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="004983.html">[Mageia-discuss] Installer: Server v. desktop kernel: No choice? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#4982">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#4982">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#4982">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#4982">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |