Re: Linux on Pentium II

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From: Barry
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 00:00

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Yes.. As far as the software is concerned a pentium is a 386 unless it has
actually been written with code specific to higher cpus.

shadow <sh@do.w> wrote in article <34399DB2.7523@do.w>...
> Stupid Question number 459 851:
> 
> I was reading the Sunsite guide to Linux and read that Linux was
> designed for 386 and 486 processors. Does it run fine on Pentium and
> Pentium II machines also? I guess they must be based on the same chip
> standards if the answer is yes...is this assumption correct?
>

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Date: 1997/10/07
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