Re: d-e-sarge needs a more generic kernel

[Bjorn Ove Grotan <bgrotan@samfundet.no>]

Geert Stappers:
> On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 06:48:49PM +0200, RalfGesellensetter wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag, 5. Mai 2005 17:04 schrieb RalfGesellensetter:
> > > Next step I'll try could be to boot some live CD, chroot to / and
> > > install another kernel. Should this be suppored by default /hardware
> > > detection?
> > 
> > Hi there, 
> > 
> > I solved the thing much easier:
> > just copied another kernel image to /boot and the corresponding modules.
> > 
> > Is it on purpose that d-e-sarge won't support pre-686 cpus?
> 
> AFAIK is a Pentium 200 MHz allready an Pentium II a.k.a. 686.

Uhm.. no.. 200Mhz is Pentium I. Pentium II started at 233Mhz - I used
to have both of them at a time. We should support 586 as well as 686
since we might get thin/semi-thin clients as low as 133Mhz.

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Regards
 
Bjørn Ove Grøtan