On Thursday 27 Mar 2003 3:07 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Wednesday March 26 2003 11:27 pm, Irfan Khan wrote: > > based on what i read at > > http://archives.mandrakelinux.com/cooker/2002-09/msg05544.php > > my understanding is that the M787CL+ reports itself to > > be a i686 class machine and Mandrake puts in glibc > > package optimized for i686. only if there is a way to > > stop this and let Mandrake use glibc for i586. i guess > > that Mandrake 9.1 may have corrected this, but i > > cannot download 690+ MB ISOs at the moment. > > > > is there some way that Mandrake 9.0 is forced to use > > glibc for i586? > > > > irfan > > Actually Via-Cyrix cpu's are an i586/i486 combo. > > http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3 > > and click on the link "Problems installing on VIA C3 processor"
I just tested it today. Mandrake 9.1 installs on a Via C3 OK The i686 libraries are installed, so I suppose it must install a version compiled to not use the offending 'CMOV' instruction. derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net
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