Re: [newbie] Mandrake and Different CPUs

[RRPotratz]

Heck I'm even using it on Cyrix 333 MII 128MG ram. works great!


At 04:23 PM 2/22/00 +0100, you wrote:
>The documentation claims that K6 processors are Pentium class.  I have a
>K6-2/266 that is working beautifully with Linux.
>Lance
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>GECOS wrote:
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>> 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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>> Getting where I want to be with Linux...
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