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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] Legacy hardware support in openSUSE 10.3
From:       Per Jessen <per () opensuse ! org>
Date:       2009-06-16 15:54:19
Message-ID: h18f7b$a5p$1 () saturn ! local ! net
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Larry Stotler wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Per Jessen<per@opensuse.org> wrote:
>> The current kernel is still built for i586 I think, so even a Pentium
>> 133 would do.   I think I have one somewhere :-)
> 
> Nope.  Pentium Pro(i686) or higher.  I tried to install 11.0 on a K6-2
> and it refused, because it said that i586 is not supported by the
> current kernel.

Really?  That surprises me - I was sure the minimum was still i586. 

> I could test the PPro part.  I have 2 boards somewhere with PPro 200's
> and 128MB RAM........However, I ran 10.2 on one of them and it wasn't
> fast enough, even as a server.  scp speeds on a 100Mb card was under
> 2MB/s, and the cpu was pegged at 100%.

Depends on what you want your server to do, I guess - even a 486DX2 can
saturate a 100Mbit/s card.  With rcp, not scp. 


/Per

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Per Jessen, Zürich (21.2 °C)

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