New MB recommendations

[Net Llama!]

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Net Llama! wrote:
> <snip>
>>
>> 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'm so sorry to hear that.

>> 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?

Yes, but the CPU isn't the only factor.  The disk controller support in 
the initrd also has to be the same.

> b)  what is the relevance of initrd to determining if a drive that boots
> on a P2 will boot on a P4?

See above.
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