On Tuesday, April 14 2009, Chris Adams said:
I know it is a little late to ask, but:
Once upon a time, Christopher Beland beland@alum.mit.edu said:
- kernel.i586, for those requiring compatibility with a Pentium-class
architecture or who do not have a PAE and NX capable processor.
- kernel-PAE.i686, which requires a PAE and NX capable processor with
Pentium PRO-class or later architecture.
Why isn't the i686 kernel just "kernel" as well? Is there going to be some other kernel.i686 package later?
Because kernel-PAE requires that your processor support PAE and not all i686 capable processors do
Jeremy