On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 17:02:33 -0500 Meredith Richmond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> how do i know what architecture my computer is? > > my computer is an acer notebook P1 (i sent a previous email saying it > was a 486, but i was wrong) > i would like to make sure linux is compatible with my computer before i > change over but i find this a little confusing, so any other tidbits of > info would be useful. Pentia, 486's, Athlons all count as 386's for basic architecture. [Macs are ppc's]. The only place you need to delve deeper is for kernels and even there a 386 kernel will work just fine but won't necessarily use all the new instructions/pipelining etc. James -- James Tappin, O__ "I forget the punishment for using [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- \/` Microsoft --- Something lingering http://www.tappin.me.uk/ with data loss in it I fancy" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
