Thanks Michel for mentioning it -- I have here a couple of i486, and an
i486SX -- I could really use Mdk8 compiled for i486 ! I plan to use only
one distribution for all the computers here, so I really hope that Mdk8
will offer i486 compatibility !
Who in Mandrake has this under their belt ? Are they on this list ? Can
they answer whether Mdk8 will run (albeit not optimised) on i486 ?
Thanks,
Jan
On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, [iso-8859-1] Mich�l Alexandre Salim wrote:
> --- civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On
> Tuesday 06 March 2001 01:58, you wrote:
> > I am certain that there will be technical
> > differences beyond the obvious one
> > that we compile for i586. And, as you say, there is
> > no need for a war.
> >
> > Civileme
> >
> Red Hat now compiles their packages optimised for
> i686, while keeping compatibility with i386... wonder
> how that compares with Mandrake's Pentium
> optimisations, especially since now both are using the
> same compiler (roughly)?
>
> Perhaps Mandrake can be compiled targeting the i686
> compiler while keeping compatibility with the
> Pentium... or will that be too biased against K7 and
> Crusoe users? A pertinent point since I run one P6,
> one K7 and one Crusoe machine...
>
> Speaking of 'download and try', thanks for keeping
> everything available for download! One recalls a
> certain European Linux company that does not allow
> this kind of thing...
>
> Regards,
>
> Michel Salim
