Yup..you are right. It won't boot on my 486dx4/100. Damn..it's got a sweet OpenGL card in it too.
-Ian On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Ben Pfaff wrote: > Following up on the success of my VGA 16-color graphical install for > Debian, I am pleased to announce the next generation in installation > tools for Debian: a 3D install. Right now this installation is still > under heavy development, but it is scheduled to replace the text- and > 2D graphics-based installs for the upcoming potato release. > > The rationale behind a 3D install is simple: to make it easier for our > users. With 3D glasses and a VR glove, users will be able to select > packages by grabbing them out of a bin of available packages and > dropping them into a bin of packages to install. > > There are some minor additional hardware requirements for this > install: a Pentium II/333 or equivalent processor, 64 MB RAM, a 3D > accelerated video card. Most newer computers will fit these > requirements, and others can be retrofitted easily and cheaply to that > level. This amount of hardware is only necessary for the install > itself, and may be removed later, so these requirements should be > acceptable to everyone. > > For an early demo of this technology, please try the current > development boot floppy on my machine at > ftp://pfaffben.user.msu.edu/misc/resc1440-3d-19990401.bin > > Pleased to bring you the future in Debian installs, > > Ben. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ian Setford [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP = F2 92 50 E3 CD D7 A2 D9 C4 CE 08 A6 98 E0 0F 58