[ale] oh....help

[Scott Castaline]

Paul Cartwright wrote:
> James Sumners wrote:
>> Roll your own?
>>
>> or
>>
>> `apt-get install linux-image-2.6-686`
>
> when I do smart install linux-image-2.6 I get this suggestions:
>
> linux-image-2.6.18-5-xen-vserver
> linux-image-2.6.18-amd64-k8_2.6.18+6etch1
> linux-image-2.6.18-em64t-p4_2.6.18+6etch1
> linux-image-2.6.18-em64t-p4_2.6.18+6etch2
>
> what is the em64, is that for Intel ?
> again I have an intel Duo Core processor..
>
>
>
>>
>> On 9/12/07, Paul Cartwright <paul_tbot at pcartwright.com> wrote:
>>> ouch. my openSUSE 10.2 install got...hosed a bit, so I tried installing
>>> again. mt openSUSE 10.2 disk freezes when it boots, it doesn't allow me
>>> to do anything with the keyboard. my new Linuz magazine copy of SLED 10
>>> does the same thing. the Debian 4.0 Etch CD DID work however, so I
>>> installed Debian. My Dell desktop is an Intel Duo Core processor, 
>>> yet it
>>> installed the AMD processor:
>>> # dpkg --list|grep kernel
>>> ii  libdrm2                           2.0.2-0.1
>>> Userspace interface to kernel DRM services -
>>> ii  linux-image-2.6-amd64             2.6.18+6etch2
>>> Linux kernel 2.6 image on AMD64
>>> ...
>>
>>
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My guess would be yes as the k8 was a designation for the AMD CPU back 
in the earlier Pentium days, and the p4 was the designator for Intel Pentium