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> I run Redhat 4.1 on a 486 but will be upgrading to a Pentium (or clone)
> system soon. Since the kernel likes int16 for floating point ops and
> 'hlt' instructions, does anyone know whether the Cyrix 166+ (and 200+) is
> compatible enough with an Intel Pentium to run happily? (Since I suspect
> that this is the kind of area where any incompatibilities are likely to
> show up.)
I have been running the 6x86 P166 here since Dec. No problems yet!! I ran
it with a 2.0.27 kernel for 84 days of uptime until the kernel panic which was
caused by a bad floppy and my trying to continue to exercise it.
Hope this helps.
...................Tom
tdiehl@pil.net
Unix IS user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.
Friends don't let friends do DOS/WINDOZZZZZZZE!!!!