Bill:

My guess is that if the SRPM can be recompiled as an i686, a simple run of
the command again should allow for the recompilation of an 1586 with no
problems.  Possibly we could look at a 2-CD set kind of thing that has
i586 on one, and i686 on the other.  Just an idea.

- Mike

On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Ward William E PHDN wrote:

> Any chance that you might also "back it down a notch" and compile it
> with the 586 flags?  For those of us with Cyrix and Pentiums, of course...
> My machines are MII-300, MII-233, PR233MX, 2xP133, PPro200, 8xP100, so I
> would obviously be able to benefit big from something like that, whereas
> for a 686 distro I wouldn't.
> 
> Bill Ward 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allen Bolderoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 4:36 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Subject: Re: 686 distro. [Was: What about Mandrake?] 
> 
> 
> man, I didn't realise this would be such a popular thing.
> 
> I have plenty of disk no problems.
> 
> I am just overwhelmed that there is such a huge response.
> 
> What I plan to do, is to i686ify as many packages as will do so, whilst 
> keeping it redhat, I will not change the installer, or anything else, just 
> integrate the 686 packages where possible.
> 
> some may not compile, and as such will stay i386.
> 
> Comments?
> 
> 
> > Allen,
> > 
> > I'm sure you realize that a lot of people are looking forward to test
> > the results of your efforts, me included. Be prepared that your site
> > will probably be a hit site (pun intended) once the .iso is ready for
> > publishing.
> > 
> > Do you have disk space? Unfortunately, I cannot provide mirroring
> > capabilities for an .iso myself, but maybe someone else has the resource
> > for it? (I'm at a web hotel with 50MB disk quota.)
> > 
> > Can we provide you with any other help? Pls, don't hesitate to ask here.
> > 
> > I know that Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> has been working on
> > this task before. He has defined a number of packages that had
> > compilation problems and published the list on a page at the redhat
> > site. Unfortunately, I've lost the URL for his page. Bernhard? Do you
> > read this? Could you please provide us with your insights in this?
> > 
> > Best regards
> > Gustav
> > 
> > Allen Bolderoff wrote:
> > > 
> > > I have actually started to do this.
> > > 
> > > within about 4 weeks I will have ISO images available (time permitting)
> > > 
> > > Regards
> > > 
> > > Allen
> > 
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