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ZeratulsAvenger · 07-20-2004, 05:02 PM

Windows and Windows 2 I am unsure of, but I know that when I installed Fedora(maybe RH 7.3) it had options that corresponded to different computer types. one was something like linus...smp(I think) That was for a multiprocessor machine. One was something about memory, and that is for a system with 4+GB of RAM. These options allow you to take advantages of such options of your computer without a kernel recompile, without the need to put it in every bootup option, since on a standard computer you would need neither the memory or multi-processor options.

That is what my understanding of it was, perhaps I am somewhat wrong on some aspect, so I would wait for someone to confirm it.

07-20-2004, 05:02 PM	#10
ZeratulsAvenger Member (10 bit) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Alaska Posts: 903	Windows and Windows 2 I am unsure of, but I know that when I installed Fedora(maybe RH 7.3) it had options that corresponded to different computer types. one was something like linus...smp(I think) That was for a multiprocessor machine. One was something about memory, and that is for a system with 4+GB of RAM. These options allow you to take advantages of such options of your computer without a kernel recompile, without the need to put it in every bootup option, since on a standard computer you would need neither the memory or multi-processor options. That is what my understanding of it was, perhaps I am somewhat wrong on some aspect, so I would wait for someone to confirm it.