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Subject: Re: what can i do with a 486?
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Darren Pilgrim <phi@evilphi.com> writes:
>> Well for one you should probably not try to boot an i686 kernel on a 486....
> 
> It's not an i686 kernel.  It's an i486 kernel with code to recognize
> and support i586 and i686 CPUs.

Technically it's neither.  It's an i386 kernel with support for 486-, 
586- and 686-class CPUs.

*hands Dag-Erling a box with NITS written on the side of it*

-- 
Darren Pilgrim