Re: Debian and Pentium 4
I can't get to linux.com just now to find the article but basically
it is Microshaft's fault. It seems that had Intel used the same
versioning for cpuid that they have used up untill now it would
have broken NT/2000 in a very bad way. (All the details are in
the linux.com article I can't seem to get to right now) In any case
Intel hacked the P4 to not break winders but they broke everything
else in the meantime. This is one of the reasons why I will only
use AMB for x86 boxen. When I can find the link I'll post it.
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Kay Nettle <pkn@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 13:22:20 -0600
>One of our profs bought a Dell 8100 Pentium 4 for home use and he
>wants to install Linux on it. He would like to install Debian, but
>he says that Debian doesn't support the Pentium 4 yet. Is this true?
>
>Kay
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