Kernels compile for pentium won't boot on 386/486 cpu's, though. Mandrake
ships pentium compiled kernels from 7.1 on.
Matthew Pitts
----- Original Message -----
From: Jan Vicherek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: Mdk8 for i386/i486 (was: Re: [Cooker] RedHat vs Mdk8)
>
> I heard that i586-optimized code still runs on i486. The only difference
> is that it is slower. Is that true ?
>
> If not, what do I need to do to install Mdk8 on an i486 ? I presume that
> there would be more of us that would really welcome this, so what do *we*
> need to do to install Mdk8 on an i486 ? [ I only care whether Mdk8 *runs*
> on i486, I don't care whether it is *optimized* for i486. ]
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jan
>
>
> On 7 Mar 2001, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
>
> > Jan Vicherek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Thanks Michel for mentioning it -- I have here a couple of i486, and
an
> > > i486SX -- I could really use Mdk8 compiled for i486 ! I plan to use
only
> > > one distribution for all the computers here, so I really hope that
Mdk8
> > > will offer i486 compatibility !
> > >
> > > Who in Mandrake has this under their belt ? Are they on this list ?
Can
> > > they answer whether Mdk8 will run (albeit not optimised) on i486 ?
> >
> > We have decided to drop the support for i486 when releasing
> > Linux-Mandrake-7.1.
> >
> > Thus the freshest LM running on i486 is 7.0, as you can verify here:
> >
> > http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3
> >
> > Of course, this is due to the balance between resources-cost and
> > targetted-public-equipement. (other ports do enter the competition, as
you
> > can see on the given link).
>
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