tytso@mit.edu wrote:
> Maybe we should have the kernel print the CPU information it was
> compiled with before it does anything else..... It'll make it easier to
> catch what may be a fairly common set of PEBCAK case....
I was told that "printing" anything was out of the question, as the
"printing" routine doesn't work: It would contain 686 instructions,
which wouldn't work on the Pentium.
Roger.
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