[ale] Suse or Red Hat? (yes, yes, i know here we go again...)

Matthew Macumber mmacumber at atlantaastronomy.org
Fri Jun 20 08:50:02 EDT 2003


> > Speaking of which...I am upgrading my computer...will I have to
> > recompile, or re-install SuSE?  (going from Pentium III to Pentium IV)
>
> I don't think so, but I've not studied the differences between the piii
> and p4.  I've just checked out the kernel compile options and there are
> separate choices for the piii and p4, so I'm not sure what your chances
> might be.

A Pentium 4 is fully backwards compatible with a Pentium 3.
You shouldn't even need to recompile your kernel.

-Matthew
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