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Old 05-21-2007, 02:10 PM   #1
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Upgrading and have questions


I'm going to be upgrading this weekend from an AMD dual-core 3800 ASUS A32 deluxe to an Intel conroe e6600 and a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (Intel P965).

I'm currently running Slackware 11 with kernel 2.6.20

I've read through a bunch of posts that say that in order for Linux in general to work on the P965 I need to be on 2.6.20 however coming from the AMD side to Intel I am unsure what kernel modules I need to compile in order to work.

Since I have a working system right now I figured I could get a updated kernel, configure what is needed on the working system then put the new PC together and all should be glorious!

Hopefully some kind soul can tell me what I need to enable in the kernel for SMP (I assume the "usual"), SATA capabilities and chipset options.

Thanks in advance.
 
Old 05-22-2007, 07:12 AM   #2
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Anyone? This has to be something simple I'm missing ...
 
Old 05-22-2007, 08:20 AM   #3
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are you running a 2.6.20 custom kernel?

More specifically, if you recompiled the kernel (upgraded) then i'm not sure what you should do, but if its an original install, it may work.
 
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Yeah all I need are just what kernel options I need to turn on when I compile since this is an existing install. I'm just going from an AMD arch to Intel Core 2 Duo.

So in theory I should be able to just enable the right kernel options, compile then be good to go .. I just have no clue what options are needed coming from the AMD side of things
 
Old 05-22-2007, 10:03 AM   #5
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make menu config

Could possible use this lsmod for a list of modules to compile:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/list.../kernel/720858
 
Old 05-22-2007, 10:56 AM   #6
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Cool I'll check that out thanks.
 
Old 05-22-2007, 01:53 PM   #7
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np

anytime
 
Old 05-22-2007, 01:58 PM   #8
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Looks like Saboyan(sp) works rather well on this chipset out of the box (from what little I've read on the forums there) ...
 
  


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