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Pelucia Siffred
The Antix-21_X64-Full.iso boot screen shows two kernels for you to choose which one you want to use, but when I installed new packets in a Live DVD section and used antix’s ISO Snapshot tool to generate a new image of DVD, this new image does not have the boot menu to choose which kernel to use. The only kernel available is the “4.9.0-279-antix.1-AMD64-SMP”. Can I use my new DVD on modern and old computers even if it is using only the oldest kernel? How portable is the new DVD I generated to use on different machines? I would like the option to choose the kernel on the boot screen to be preserved by the “ISO Snapshot” tool.
Sorry for bad English, it’s not my native language.
christophe
Try it out. You never know just “how new” or “how old” of a computer the kernel will run on, unless you try.
It seems that the iso-snapshot program does not give the choice of kernels, like antiX-full ISO has (but as the “classic” one that antiX-base ISO has).
So, if you need to have both options, keep two dvds/usbs on-hand.Try this:
1. Make a live-usb from your new snapshot ISO.
2. Assuming the newer kernel is also installed, boot into the live-usb & run live-kernel-updater to set up the usb to boot the 5.10-series kernel.
3. use the usb for newer machines. use the original dvd for older machines.My experience is that the 5.10 antiX kernel works on most 64-bit machines, but the 4.9 or 4.19 will work on all* 32-bit machines. And some (older) 64-bit machines run fine (maybe even better) with 32-bit kernels. Tailor it to the computers you will be using.
*note: “all” in this case means (generally) down to the lowest common denominator that antiX (& Debian) currently support.
- This reply was modified 11 months ago by christophe.
- This reply was modified 11 months ago by christophe.
confirmed antiX frugaler, since 2019
Thanks for the answer. You said that kernel 4.9 or 4.19 works on all 32-bit machines, does that mean 4.9 also works on all 64-bit machines? I’m going to prioritize the kernel that works on more 64bit machines, if 4.9 works on all of them then I’ll default to that. Does the antiX-base live CD have the option to choose between two kernels or does it only have one? Which of the two kernels does he use?
christophe
The antiX-21.0 base ISO uses the 4.9 kernel. But you can change it — on a live-usb.
Regarding which to use…I wish I could give a better answer, but (in my experience) it depends on the hardware you want to use it on.
But I will say this: the laptop I use daily uses the antiX 5.10 series kernel. And that computer is from 2007. (That is 15 years old.)
So, without direct knowledge of your hardware, I’d suggest the 5.10 kernel.If you purge other kernels from your system & then make your iso-snapshot, that should get the correct kernel on your live-dvd.
If you are using a live-usb (not a Dvd), use the method I outlined above in my previous post (live-kernel-updater). You will learn something new, and it’s probably quicker.I have had good results with the 4.x kernels, though. I’ve just been testing & switching to the 5.x kernels where I can, since I know support for them is ending, eventually.
On the other hand, anticapitalista made the 4.9 series kernel the default on the 64-bit base ISO for a reason.
Maybe other members here on the forum have other experience, that would suggest a different kernel than mine, for general use on 64-bit…- This reply was modified 11 months ago by christophe.
- This reply was modified 11 months ago by christophe.
- This reply was modified 11 months ago by christophe.
confirmed antiX frugaler, since 2019
Thank you very much for the clarification christophe, I will use the antiX-21base’s kernel anyway, because you said that it is the default for version 21.
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