[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > > >From Linuxgram Issue No 147 is this piece titled "Most Linux Cuts Won't > Install on Pentium 4." Quoting: "In another one of those awkward little > moments that we have come to expect from Intel, the chip giant has confirmed > that only Red Hat and TurboLinux can be installed on Pentium 4 boxes. The > rest of the Linux herd won't run on the hardware." > > http://www.linuxgram.com/newsitem.phtml?sid=108&aid=11373 > > What's the real deal? Will Debian run on the new Pentium 4 or not? Or is just > a case of a few tweaks to some config files? >
The german computer-mag c't has tried it out: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/result.xhtml?url=/newsticker/data/jk-11.12.00-003/default.shtml&words=Pentium Debian works with P4, Redhat and SuSE do sometimes. The problem is the IO-apic routine, which is called if you have a kernel with smp-support. joerg -- Did you know that if you play a Windows 2000 cd backwards, you will hear the voice of Satan? That's nothing! If you play it forward, it'll install Windows 2000.
