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Date:      Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:46:37 -0700
From:      Darren Pilgrim <phi@evilphi.com>
To:        =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: what can i do with a 486?
Message-ID:  <4616877D.7020205@evilphi.com>
In-Reply-To: <86fy7doos1.fsf@dwp.des.no>
References:  <200704051719.l35HJ2ZW018555@lurza.secnetix.de>	<461584D4.4010606@gmail.com> <46158675.8060205@evilphi.com> <86fy7doos1.fsf@dwp.des.no>

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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



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