P4 Dual Core and FC5

[Paul Smith]

On 8/12/06, Erich Carlson <computerperceptions at coxinet.net> wrote:
> > Thanks, Erich. The packages to use with smp kernels are the i386 ones?
> >
> The latest smp kernel is:
>
> title Fedora Core (2.6.17-1.2174_FC5smp)
>
> You will get an earlier kernel version on your initial FC5 install,
> after you've installed run 'yum update' for the latest kernel packages
> as well as other packages.
>
> When you've first installed, you will have both the smp and the non-smp
> kernels installed and in grub.conf, the install should default to the
> smp kernel, you can boot into a non-smp kernel if you want too.
>
> the kernel for the dual core is actually a i686 kernel, but is found in
> the i386
>
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/5/i386/
>
> you won't need to access that site directly as yum or pup will do that
> for you. I hope you're on a broadband connection, as updating via a
> modem would be a pain in the ...

Thanks a lot, Erich. I think I have now asked all pertinent questions
regarding the subject in discussion.

Paul