Dual Athlon MP: Which LiveCD?

spamspam · Apprentice Joined: 05 Dec 2003 Posts: 153

For installing on dual Athlon MP, do I need the Athlon-xp image, the i686 image, or the universal image?

scoobydu · Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 4:47 pm Post subject:

Athlon XP, and then if I remember rightly, use 'smp' as the kenel option (check boot options to be sure) and this will use the smp kernel for dual processors.
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spamspam · Apprentice Joined: 05 Dec 2003 Posts: 153

thank you.

scoobydu · Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 5:01 pm Post subject:

They should all work by the way ... the athlon one will just be tuned more to your processors.

(You could use the i686 and then change the processor type and optimisations in make.conf, if you have already downloaded it)
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Crg · Guru Joined: 29 May 2002 Posts: 345 Location: London

chilly charlie · n00b Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 4

so if I have an xp 2500 I just use the athlon xp live CD not the universal??

scoobydu · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 10:25 pm Post subject:

Yes

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