Hi,
Don't know amdk6 architecture but my amdK6-2 450 cpu is recognized as
i586 by linux and linux runs flawlessly as far as I know. It won't
accept 686 linux upgrades for me either.
Bill
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On Thu, 7 Sep 2000 07:48:32 -0500 "Mike McNally" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Um, no it's not. If it was, you couldn't run windows or
> > linux on it. Windows and linux only run on the SIS
> > architecture. You are either running IBM AIX or MAC OS on a
> > RISC processor. Linux is for Intel based chipsets, ie.. SIS,
> > not RISC.
>
> That's almost entirely wrong.
>
> Both Windows (NT) and Linux can run on either CISC or RISC
> processors. Windows has run on MIPS CPUs and on DEC Alphas,
> though I don't think W2K does. Linux of course has been
> ported all over the place.
>
> Besides, the designations "CISC" and "RISC" are really pretty
> broad terms that don't tell you much. They certainly don't
> tell you anything about the feasibility of porting an operating
> system to a system based on a particular CPU.
>
>
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