Re: Newbie Question
On 13 Apr, Dinesh wrote:
>
> Does the current Debian release work on a Pentium II platform? All the
> FAQs mention the Pentium and Pentium Pro but not the Pentium II. If not,
> when will the Pentium II be supported?
>
Yes it does. BTW, the Pentium II is just a Pentium Pro with MMX, a
different on board cache and different chip structure(as was discussed
on this list a week or so ago). Therefore if you ever build a custom
kernel, which you should once you get Debian installed, you should
choose Pentium Pro as the processor type.
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