Don Head <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ... > > I find it kind of humorous that every time the subject of > i386/i486 compiles or anything else along those lines is > brought up, Mandrake employees don't respond to the > seemingly valid points raised by us users. I thought I > actually found a good way to have the best of both > worlds, and took the time to write it out as best I could > and post it to this list. All I want is to hear what you > have to say about my ideas (in the e-mail above).
Hello there, we have answered several times at this question. Thes kernels in the SNF were not compiled with the math co-processor emulation. This would have implied too big floppy images for the boot process. We have started to compile several packages for a 486 but stopped the process at some stage because of the above reasons. One can install the SNF even on a 386 with a math co-processor. Maybe this is not the answer you were looking for ... One of Mandrake policies is to compile all the packages with Pentium optimisations. sincerely, -- Florin http://www.mandrakesoft.com
