Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-29 Thread Dennis Robertson
On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 11:02:09PM +0200, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 12:02 +, Larry Marshall wrote: It should be. i686 architecture began with the PPro and continued on until the P3. The K6-2 is of that generation of processors. Mandrake doesn't seem to

RE: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-29 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Robertson Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 6:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!! On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 11:02:09PM +0200, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 12:02 +, Larry Marshall

WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread Chubby Vic
Stop, Mandrake!!! You can't do that!! I still have a AMD K6 I need you guys to leave the i586 rpms IN the installation!! and I don't have the money to just go get a new i686 machine. Please do not exclude the i586 rpms from newer versions. I want to stay with Mandrake, I would hate to

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread george . jones
PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!! Stop, Mandrake!!! You can't do that!! I still have a AMD K6 I need you guys to leave the i586 rpms IN the installation!! and I don't have the money to just go get

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread Ken Thompson
On Wednesday 28 March 2001 07:25 am, you wrote: um The K6 should be recognized as an i686. The Pentium 60-233mmx, Cyrix 6x86/MX, and AMD K5 were all i586 type processors. The PPro 150-200, P2/3, and K6/6-2 would be considered i686. My AMD K6-2 450 is NOT recognized as i686 by

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread george . jones
PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!! On Wednesday 28 March 2001 07:25 am, you wrote: um The K6 should be recognized as an i686. The Pentium 60-233mmx, Cyrix 6x86/MX, and AMD K5 were all i586 type processors. The PPro 150-200, P2/3, and K6/6-2 would

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread Altoine B
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It should be. i686 architecture began with the PPro and continued on until the P3. The K6-2 is of that generation of processors. Ken Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]@linux-mandrake.com on 03/28/2001 11:59:33 AM maybe you have to point your kernel to that family arch

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread Larry Marshall
It should be. i686 architecture began with the PPro and continued on until the P3. The K6-2 is of that generation of processors. Mandrake doesn't seem to know that :-) I have the same problem Ken has and I'm running an AMD K6-2 500. Cheers --- Larry

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread Declan Moriarty
respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!! Stop, Mandrake!!! You can't do that!! I still have a AMD K6 I need you guys to leave the i586 rpms IN the installation!! and I

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread george . jones
PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!! I had this before and ran it down. I was running an authentic AMD '586; this was identified by rpm as a 486. RPM is the problem Now I've two K6/2s also, and investigated a little, being

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 12:02 +, Larry Marshall wrote: It should be. i686 architecture began with the PPro and continued on until the P3. The K6-2 is of that generation of processors. Mandrake doesn't seem to know that :-) I have the same problem Ken has and I'm running an AMD K6-2

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread Digital Wokan
of processors. Ken Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]@linux-mandrake.com on 03/28/2001 11:59:33 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!! On Wednesday 28 March 2001 07:25 am

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread David Rankin
Digital Wokan wrote: My K6-2/500 shows up as an i586. My Cyrix M2/PR300 shows up as an i686. There's something about the K6 that prevents it from qualifying as an i686. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It should be. i686 architecture began with the PPro and continued on until the P3. The

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread Ken Thompson
On Wednesday 28 March 2001 09:33 am, you wrote: It should be. i686 architecture began with the PPro and continued on until the P3. The K6-2 is of that generation of processors. I dunno, but if I try to install any i686 rpm's it howls and yowls about being compiled for a different

RE: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
, March 28, 2001 9:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!! Guys, this is a HUGE issue! There are millions of AMD K6-2s out there -- a large user base. I have one myself. If a new Mandrake i686 release doesn't properly recognize