Messages in this thread | | | From | Erik Mouw <> | Subject | Re: change in the kernel | Date | Thu 13 Jul 2000 19:26:09 +0100 (MDT) |
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On Thu, 13 Jul 2000 00:35:49 +0000 (GMT), Mohamed Sridi wrote: > i have a redhat 6.2 with processor tupy pentuim 686 unknow (i got it when > i type the command uname -a) > i want to change this processor to pentuim 586 . i don't how . > if anyone can know how help me please.
Uname is a userland utility, so there is no need to change the kernel. The "unknown" in the output comes from the CPU type. IIRC, uname is in the GNU sh-utils package. The kernel should detect the CPU type correct, try 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' to find out.
Erik
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