automatic installation of PAE-enabled kernel?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008, John Summerfield wrote:

> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >   if i had been installing f8 on a 32-bit, PAE-enabled system with >4G
> > of RAM, would that have automatically installed the PAE version of the
> > kernel?  or would i have had to make a choice along the way?  thanks.
>
> Try on one of those spare laptops:-)

you funny man.  :-P  actually, it wouldn't help since all of those
laptops have 64-bit AMD CPUs so PAE doesn't come into play.

> My ThinkCentre's CPU (P IV 3.0 Ghz) says it supports PAE, but I
> don't have a PAE kernel installed, though they are available.

the actual issue is that, if i have a 32-bit, PAE-enabled system with
<4G of RAM, obviously, PAE won't be relevant and i'll get a regular
kernel installed.  but what if, even though there's <4G *now*, i know
that i'll be putting in several gig next week, so i'll want the PAE
kernel in preparation for that?  better yet, does it hurt to have a
PAE kernel even if you don't need the PAE functionality?

> Actually, this is probably a Q for the Anaconda list. You might get
> both the answer and the reason.

good point.  i'll wait a bit to see if an answer pops up here and, if
not, i'll try over there.

rday
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