[Mageia-discuss] Installer: Server v. desktop kernel: No choice?

Sun Jul 17 14:57:45 CEST 2011

On 07/17/2011 07:58 AM, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
+> On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 08:00:03 PM mageia-discuss-request at mageia.org wrote:
+>> Message: 2
+>> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:45:43 +0100
+>> From: Maurice Batey<maurice at bcs.org.uk>
+>> To: mageia-discuss at mageia.org
+>> Subject: [Mageia-discuss] Installer: Server v. desktop kernel: No
+>>          choice?
+>> Message-ID:<pan.2011.07.15.17.45.42.391789 at bcs.org.uk>
+>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-jp
+>>
+>> Having installed Mageia-1 (from DVD), I find it has installed the
+>> server kernels, rather than the desktop kernels.
+>>
+>> Presumably that's because my PC has 4GB RAM, but - on this 1-user system
+>> - I would have preferred the desktop kernels to be installed.
+>>
+>> Did I miss an installation option, to choose server v. desktop?
+>>
+>> If not, could the installer be given such an option - perhaps in
+>> some 'Advanced' tab?
+>>
+>> That would avoid having to swap kernels with:
+>>
+>>        urpmi kernel-desktop-latest
+>>        urpmi kernel-desktop-devel-latest
+>>        urpmi nvidia-current-kernel-desktop-latest
+>>
+>> (assuming that will do the trick here).
+>>
+>> --
+>> /\/\aurice
+>>          (Retired in Surrey, UK)     Registered Linux User #487649
+>>
+> I raised this one on the Mandriva list.  I was told that it was because I had
+> a 32-bit version installed on a 64-bit capable machine.  Sure enough, when I
+> installed the 64-bit version, I got the desktop kernel by default.
+>
+> Doug.
+>
+Well, that explains it. Mandriva has been insisting on installing the 
+server kernel since I bought this Sempron 3100+ cpu/motherboard combo 
+from a recycler on Ebay a couple of years ago, even though the 
+motherboard supports a maximum of 2GB of DDR RAM. (I chose it because I 
+needed a new mobo, was, as always, strapped for cash, and wanted to use 
+my existing RAM modules.) With Mandriva, I switched to the desktop 
+kernel manually, but with Mageia I decided to stick with the server 
+kernel just to see how it worked out. Frankly, I see little if any 
+difference in speed or operation from a user's perspective between the 
+two 32-bit kernels on my machine, so when I finally get the time to 
+switch to Mageia as my production install I'll continue with the server 
+kernel.
+
+I looked into installing the 64-bit version of Mandriva when I 
+discovered my cpu was 64-bit capable, but concluded at the time that 
+there was no real advantage on this machine since the maximum RAM is 
+less than 4 GB. So far, I've been happy with that, but in light of 
+recent development, is there any reason why I should reconsider?
+
+TJ
+
+