Subj : Re: Motherboard change?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Jeroen Geilman
Date : Sun Aug 22 2004 06:51 pm

Scott wrote:

> All I can suggest off the top of my head is to have a look in the config 
> file for the kernel he's using (make sure he has installed the kernel 
> source rpm, and hope it comes with the .config, I can't remember, 
> haven't used mandrake in 3 months now) to make sure it has support for 
> the cpu + motherboard (I don't think there are many motherboard specific 
> options in the kernel config).

Think again - there are many, many chipset specific options in the 
kernel, but the stock kernels of all prefab distro's include everything 
almost by definition - they don't know what hardware their users will have.

> If you don't know how to do this, go to /usr/src/linux (the kernel 
> source directory, presuming it's installed and symlinked in that 
> directory, otherwise /usr/src/linux-*version*), then type make 
> menuconfig (or if you prefer make xconfig [i think]) and navigate to the 
> correct places.
> Processor type and features  --->
>  Subarchitecture Type (PC-compatible)  --->
>  Processor family (Pentium-III/Celeron(Coppermine)/Pentium-III Xeon)--->
>   etc.

It's very unlikely that any of this information will be available to the 
OP, by reading his post.


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J

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