kernel downgrade

[Kyle McMartin]

On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 10:10:04AM -0700, Petrus de Calguarium wrote:
> I just ran
> 
> grep --color pae /proc/cpuinfo
> 
> and it shows pae. I think this means my kernel supports it, right?
> 
> Do I need to enable something in the BIOS? I think I read something about 
> pae and NX (Execute Disable Bit). What is the right setting, if this is 
> relevant?
> 

You won't upgrade to a PAE kernel from a non-PAE kernel. The i586 is
effectively the same as the i686 kernel was though, it just supports
the intersection of the two (and is built without cmov.)