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author | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2007-01-01 13:36:15 +0000 |
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committer | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2007-01-01 13:36:15 +0000 |
commit | 927e0d67cc370aae09eced2809db523e543aa65a (patch) | |
tree | 8b06dc08ff1811a30e6ab5babfc6b5cf6b77abad /nl/hardware/supported/i386.xml | |
parent | da14426c6bc1152ed1aac122980b270b7115cb23 (diff) | |
download | installation-guide-927e0d67cc370aae09eced2809db523e543aa65a.zip |
Update of original English docs
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diff --git a/nl/hardware/supported/i386.xml b/nl/hardware/supported/i386.xml index b21c7d1ba..4f3a0021b 100644 --- a/nl/hardware/supported/i386.xml +++ b/nl/hardware/supported/i386.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking --> -<!-- 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 |