[Mageia-discuss] Installer: Server v. desktop kernel: No choice?

Ahmad Samir ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 18 13:04:26 CEST 2011


On 18 July 2011 11:33, Thomas Backlund <tmb at mageia.org> wrote:
> Ahmad Samir skrev 18.7.2011 09:04:
>>
>> Actually there're two criteria that must be met for the installer to
>> opt for the kernel-server a) You have a 64-bit capable CPU and b) you
>
> Nope.
>
> we check for PAE support, not x86_64
>

OK, thanks for the correction.

>> have, at least, more than 3GB+ of RAM; if you only have 2GB of RAM
>> then that's a bug in the installer, it should have opted for
>> kernel-desktop, IIUC.
>>
>
> IIRC the memory trigger is at 3.8GB.
>
> Then we also chech dmi info for rack, ECC, and a few more stuff that is
> server specific.
>
> --
> Thomas
>



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Ahmad Samir


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