[ltp] Re: double checking Debian's 686-pae vs. -486 probe

[Ben Hutchings]

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On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 07:59 +0800, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:
> Recently Debian sid split the kernel into these two packages,
>=20
> linux-image-2.6.39-1-486_2.6.39-1_i386.deb
> linux-image-2.6.39-1-686-pae_2.6.39-1_i386.deb
>=20
> My Thinkpad ended up being told by the installation scripts to use -486.
>=20
> But my Thinkpad isn't really very old... how can one double check to see
> if the decision was correct? I can't figure it out even after probing
> the .debs to find just where they probe the choice.

The clue is in the name.  And expanded in the description, in case you
don't know what PAE is.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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