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authorFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2008-10-03 17:07:28 +0000
committerFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2008-10-03 17:07:28 +0000
commited0bcd3640b7112a2db53abe84f1da4d138d9677 (patch)
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parent8bdd9488fc14f8b0ca40b0e195b8d6780fd3a539 (diff)
downloadinstallation-guide-ed0bcd3640b7112a2db53abe84f1da4d138d9677.zip
* Update of supported subarches/flavors for powerpc.
* hardware-supported: - suppress m68k from arches table, unless building for m68k - show which subarches are supported by arm/armel - various minor updates and improvements
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/en/hardware/supported/i386.xml b/en/hardware/supported/i386.xml
index 850dcf8f9..db1f26355 100644
--- a/en/hardware/supported/i386.xml
+++ b/en/hardware/supported/i386.xml
@@ -19,15 +19,7 @@ are supported, including all varieties of Intel's "Pentium" series.
This also includes 32-bit AMD and VIA (former Cyrix) processors, and
processors like the Athlon XP and Intel P4 Xeon.
-</para>
-<note><para>
-
-If your system has a 64-bit processor from the AMD64 or Intel EM64T families,
-you will probably want to use the installer for the amd64 architecture instead
-of the installer for the (32-bit) i386 architecture.
-
-</para></note>
-<para>
+</para><para>
However, Debian GNU/Linux &releasename; will <emphasis>not</emphasis> run
on 386 or earlier processors. Despite the architecture name "i386", support
@@ -59,9 +51,14 @@ be easily used by most Debian packages; now they can.
</footnote>.
-</para><para>
-
</para>
+<note><para>
+
+If your system has a 64-bit processor from the AMD64 or Intel EM64T families,
+you will probably want to use the installer for the amd64 architecture instead
+of the installer for the (32-bit) i386 architecture.
+
+</para></note>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="bus"><title>I/O Bus</title>