----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy.Bormann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] mmx and such


> [snip]
>
> > It's not a matter of complaining or not, it's a matter of minimal
support.
> > Mandrake Linux is supposed to run on any i586 or newer processor.
Period.
> Even if that means a crazy person is encoding videos on a i586(no MMX),
> say, 166MHz (or somewhere near) without hardware acceleration???? Must be
> surely someone with paaattttiieeeennnccceeeee!

I have to concur. Mandrake Linux won't even pass first boot on non i686 due
to the /lib/i686 mess. Because of this Mandrake can not state that it runs
on i586 and later. What's the point with /lib/i686? It isn't possible to
have i386, i486, i586, ppc, etc. in there also?

gwenole?

Chears.


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