New MB recommendations

[Tony Alfrey]

Net Llama! wrote:
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> 
> The kernels that ship with SuSE-10.2 are built for i586 only.  FC kernels 
> are available in i586 & i686 flavors.

I run SuSE 8.x and 9.x

>  I have no clue what Caldera was 
> building years ago.  I haven't touched Caldera in about 5 years.

Well, it's whatever it was the last time you used it ;-)

> 
> Regardless, yo'ure making all of this ridiculously more complicated than 
> it needs to be.  Buy a new system,

Doing that.

> install a fresh OS,

Doing that (as soon as I get a box).

> copy over your 
> data.  You're done.

Ah, more complicated.  I have some apps that run on old distros and new 
distros.  Like the CAD program that started this discussion.  And 
besides, I'd like to keep the drives tweaked as they were, if possible.


So we have that initrd depends on the kernel, and the kernel is 
pre-compiled with the distro.
So my question remains
a)  will a drive with a distro compiled for a P2 boot on a P4?
b)  what is the relevance of initrd to determining if a drive that boots 
on a P2 will boot on a P4?

BTW, this is all very helpful information and I appreciate your time to 
explain these things.



-- 
Tony Alfrey
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"I'd Rather Be Sailing"