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> The Linux issue was actually more stupid than that; Linux won't run on a 
> CPU it doesn't recognise.  FreeBSD will only refuse to run on a CPU it 
> recognises as incapable (since that is a much smaller set).

actually, back in 1.1.5 times, i had a kernel which did not have
cpu I586_CPU in the kernel config file, and it did refuse to
run on a pentium

	cheers
	luigi


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