Re: Debian and Pentium 4
csj@mindgate.net schrieb:
>
> >From Linuxgram Issue No 147 is this piece titled "Most Linux Cuts Won't
> Install on Pentium 4." Quoting: "In another one of those awkward little
> moments that we have come to expect from Intel, the chip giant has confirmed
> that only Red Hat and TurboLinux can be installed on Pentium 4 boxes. The
> rest of the Linux herd won't run on the hardware."
>
> http://www.linuxgram.com/newsitem.phtml?sid=108&aid=11373
>
> What's the real deal? Will Debian run on the new Pentium 4 or not? Or is just
> a case of a few tweaks to some config files?
>
The german computer-mag c't has tried it out:
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/result.xhtml?url=/newsticker/data/jk-11.12.00-003/default.shtml&words=Pentium
Debian works with P4, Redhat and SuSE do sometimes. The problem is the
IO-apic routine, which is called if you have a kernel with smp-support.
joerg
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