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oldnavy23
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 Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:30 pm Post subject: Upgrade Cpu And ram |
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| Ok guys i have an amd 64 3600 + and have gentoo fully installed and working great i want to know if i upgrade to an amd 64 x2 4200 + and also add 2 gigs more of ram will i need to redo my install or just the kernel? also what flags would i change in my /etc/make.conf file to make the computer use both cores ? |
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Autie
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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Don't think you need to change anything.
CPU still in the same family, and more RAM is just ok 
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oldnavy23
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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| ok well i thought with going from single core chip to dual core it would matter |
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | ok well i thought with going from single core chip to dual core it would matter |
You have to change a few settings in the kernel (add smp and some scheduler options)
And you might want to change your MAKEOPTS to "-j3" or "-j4"
just my 2 cents
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oldnavy23
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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| ok thats kinda what i thought with the make.conf file and i guess that does make sense to recomplie the kernel with that so i will try it and see how it goes |
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