From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 266073FB5E for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2002 23:54:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g7I3s4513486 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sat, 17 Aug 2002 23:54:04 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g7I3s4Y13482 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2002 23:54:04 -0400 Received: from computerdatasafe.com.au (mail.computerdatasafe.com.au [203.15.140.36]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g7I3e0l25895 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2002 23:40:00 -0400 Received: from numbat (numbat.computerdatasafe.com.au [192.168.1.101]) by computerdatasafe.com.au (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7I3rtl03648 for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 11:53:55 +0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" From: John Organization: Computer Datasafe To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: Speakup questions Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 11:53:55 +0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.1 References: <000f01c2456c$a08db060$04d7b742@davidpua1kihme> In-Reply-To: <000f01c2456c$a08db060$04d7b742@davidpua1kihme> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <200208181153.55668.valhalla@computerdatasafe.com.au> X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: That is untrue. glibc for i686 will not run on Pentiums or less. Nor will i686 kernels - it will not boot. The compatibility is on only one direction. On Saturday 17 August 2002 05:33, David Csercsics wrote: > It doesn't matter anyway since i386 i486 i586 and i686 architectures are all > from the same family so kernels or packages for any of those architectures > should work on all of the modern amd or intel chips that you woudl usually > find in a PC's if I understand it correctly. -- Cheers John. Please, no off-list mail. You will fall foul of my spam treatment. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb