2010/9/28 R James <[email protected]>: > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Per Øyvind Karlsen wrote: >> 2010/9/27 Thierry Vignaud wrote: >>> >>> Wrong! >>> Original mandriva was compiled i386. It was when we "merged" with >>> berolinux we targeted the i586 (spring 1999). >>> Using an experimental compiler (egcs). >>> At -O6. >> pgcc powah! > > Well, its a good thing I didn't bet my first-born on *that*! ;o) > >>> i486 does. Did. At least fedora's glibc had patches for that. >> Yupp, I thought they had made their way upstream since though? > > I've got a 486 running Slackware 12.1 so yes, I think so. > >> There was also a i486 release of at least of either mandrake 7.0, 7,1 >> or 7.2, wasn't there? :) > > Yes, it was Mandrake 7.0. Have a look at my screenie here: > > http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=58102 > > I've still got the iso if anyone wants a copy. ;o) > > That was a special build which is why I incorrectly thought that none > of the other Mandrake releases supported i486. > > Chmouel's name *still* appears in many startup scripts. He must have > been a prolific coder back in the day... > > Thanks for the memories. :o) Most certainly, and a really nice guy as well.:) Ahh, those were the days..
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