On 10/16/2016 08:54 PM, aitor_czr wrote: > > Hi, > > On 10/17/2016 12:29 PM, Adam Borowski <kilob...@angband.pl> wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 08:58:28AM +0100, KatolaZ wrote: >>> >On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 11:05:54AM +0800, Robert Storey wrote: >>>> > >I've introduced Devuan to a friend who is not (yet) an accomplished >>>> Linux >>>> > >geek, but he's been learning very fast. He's not real well-off >>>> financially, >>>> > >so his two computers are old i386 laptops donated by friends. >>>> > > >>>> > >devuan_jessie_1.0.0-beta_i386_CD.iso >>> > >>> >which CPU is that old laptop you are trying to boot from? AFAIK >>> >Devuan/Debian is compiled for i686, which means it would require at >>> >least a Pentium Pro/Pentium III. >> That's unstable; for jessie the minimum requirement for i386 is 586. > > Yes..., but it really depends on the version of the kernel. > > 4.7.x uses i686 and i686-pae, and 3.16.x uses i586 and i686-pae > > The trouble might be also in the phisical address extension (PAE), if the > computer hasn't this feature. > > Cheers, > > Aitor. > >
Refracta-8.0 and Devuan-1.0 use the same kernel - the 3.16 from Debian Stable. -fsr _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
