Re: [newbie] Mandrake and Different CPUs

[Lance Borden]

The documentation claims that K6 processors are Pentium class.  I have a
K6-2/266 that is working beautifully with Linux.
Lance

GECOS wrote:
> 
> James Mellema wrote:
> > I think it unlikely that your install will succeed. Mandrake is
> > optimized for pentium class CPUs, and will not perform adequately on a
> > 486. My experience has been that in most cases Mandrale will not
> > install, and if it does performance is dismal with many problems.
> 
> The above was in response to an inquiry, but it makes me wonder if
> Mandrake is the best distro for my AMD K6-2/400. I don't know much about
> CPUs, so I don't know if my AMD is "pentium class" or not.
> --
> Lane
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> Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
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