[Mageia-dev] i686 must be Pentium II ?

Tue Sep 28 02:24:30 CEST 2010

2010/9/28 R James <upsnag2 at gmail.com>:
+> 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..
+
+--
+Regards,
+Per Øyvind
+