Come on, 586 are about 95% of the PC architectures around.
Download Red Hat if you can't use Mandrake. Sorry but if you include several
packages, a CD wouldn't have enough capacity for all the programs.
Mandrake was awarded first on LWCE for the pentium optimizactions.
Ken Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> My thoughts are you would then at least quadruple the size of the
> distribution. You would have to have multiple kernels compiled for each
> of the architectures plus each rpm would have to be pre-compiled for
> each of the different architectures. Let's see, one Mandrake
> distribution * i386 * i486 * i586 * etc, etc, etc
>
> Ken Wilson
> First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is
> irrelevant
> (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bruce Endries
> > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 4:23 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [expert] Suggestion for Mandrake
> >
> >
> > Why couldn't the installation program be written to either (a) detect
> > the type of processor, or (b) ask which type of processor is being
> > used?
> >
> > Then install the proper pre-compiled kernel package which would
> > be included in the distribution.
> >
> > Am I way out in left field? It doesn't seem like this should be to
> > awfully hard to do, and would be a big boost to the distribution.
> >
> >
> >
> > Date sent: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 20:54:22 -0600 (MDT)
> > From: Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Copies to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [Cooker] Re: [expert] Suggestion
> > for Mandrake
> > Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > > On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, duncan hall wrote:
> > >
> > > > Some of us have pIII and Xeon machines!!!
> > > >
> > > > Is there an automated way of converting the source RPMS
> > to be recompiled for pII,
> > > > PIII, K7, Xeon etc?
> > > >
> > > > I'd like to give it a go.
> > > >
> > > > Dunc
> > >
> > > yes and no, currently only i386-i686
> > > something like
> > >
> > > for arch in i386 i486 i586 i686 ; do
> > > mkdir -p /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/$arch
> > > mkdir -p ~/buildlog
> > > for srpm in *.src.rpm ; do
> > > rpm --rebuild $srpm --target $arch >
> > $srpm.$arch.buildlog 2>&1 || \
> > > mailto `id -un` -s 'Build of $srpm for arch
> > $arch failed' < \
> > > ~/buildlog/$srpm.$arch.buildlog
> > > done
> > > done
> > >
> > > > Arandir wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 08 Sep 1999, Aaron W. wrote:
> > > > > > I looked on the web site (briefley) and did not see a
> > suggestions link so I
> > > > > > am posting it here. I think it would set Mandrake
> > apart from Red Hat and
> > > > > > others even more to have a fully optimized Pentium II
> > distro. I think that
> > > > > > having the Pentium version is great but it misses
> > several of the PIIs
> > > > > > features. I took a look at "Lorax" and all I saw was
> > i386 rpms. This would
> > > > > > just add to the list as to why Mandrake kicks ass.
> > > > >
> > > > > But some of use don't have Pentium II's!
> > > > >
> > > > > The pentium optimization of Mandrake is good, but only
> > because i486's and less
> > > > > are getting rarer. However, straight Pentiums are still common.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a friend that is thinking of using Linux because
> > he is sick to death of
> > > > > always having to upgrade his machine for EVERY new
> > Windows release. He has
> > > > > heard stories of people running Linux servers with 16Mb
> > and a i386. He realizes
> > > > > he will need more than that for a typical
> > desktop/productivity setup, but if he
> > > > > has to upgrade to a PII, a lot of the Linux advantage
> > just evaporated for him.
> > > > >
> > > > > A PII distro would work, but only if a i586 and i386
> > versions were still
> > > > > available. Mandrake should be more than just a Redhat
> > for Pentium II's.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Arandir...
> > > > > _______________________________
> > > > > <http://www.meer.net/~arandir/>
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
> > > --Axalon
> > >
> >
> >
> > Bruce Endries
> > Bruce Endries Consulting
> > (607) 433-2677
> >
>
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