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authorFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2007-01-01 13:36:15 +0000
committerFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2007-01-01 13:36:15 +0000
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Update of original English docs
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-<!-- original version: 43254 untranslated -->
+<!-- original version: 43730 untranslated -->
<sect2 arch="i386"><title>CPU, Main Boards, and Video Support</title>
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ This section merely outlines the basics.
Nearly all x86-based (IA-32) processors still in use in personal computers
are supported, including all varieties of Intel's "Pentium" series.
-This also includes 32-bit AMD and VIA (former Cyrix) processors, and new
+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 AMD64, Intel EM64T or Intel Core 2 Duo processor,
+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.
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ of the installer for the (32-bit) i386 architecture.
<para>
However, Debian GNU/Linux &releasename; will <emphasis>not</emphasis> run
-on 386 or earlier processors. Despite the architecture name "i386", Debian
-Sarge has <emphasis>dropped support</emphasis> for actual 80386 processors
-(and their clones), which were supported by earlier releases<footnote>
+on 386 or earlier processors. Despite the architecture name "i386", support
+for actual 80386 processors (and their clones) was dropped with the Sarge
+(r3.1) release of Debian<footnote>
<para>
We have long tried to avoid this, but in the end it was necessary due a