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It still exists but without any official iso or installer. If that's all there's to it, you can still use debootstrap, compile a kernel, and point the root par
by munchlax 1y ago
It still exists but without any official iso or installer.
If that's all there's to it, you can still use debootstrap, compile a kernel, and point the root parameter to your shiny new install.
If the official i386 arch was built with instructions that your hardware doesn't support, tough cookies.
- tremon 1y agoIf the official i386 arch was built with instructions that your hardware doesn't support, tough cookies While theoretically possible, that would only happen on processors older than 30 years. Debian's i386 architecture still uses -march=i686 as its baseline compiler target, which is the venerable Pentium Pro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P6_(microarchitecture) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P6_(microarchitecture)
- avhon1 1y agoI have AMD Geode hardware circa 2007 (18 years old) that only has partial support for i686. Requires a true 3/4/586 kernel.
- tremon 1y agoNot sure why you are downvoted, I guess people don't believe this is true. To confirm: The AMD Geode LX was a <5W 32-bit x86 processor which did not support SSE instructions, and is therefore not fully i686 compatible. According to Wikipedia, it was produced until 2019: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amd_geode#AMD_Geode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amd_geode#AMD_Geode It was used in the OLPC XO-1. The Cisco ASA line of firewalls also used Geode processors at least at some point in its lifetime.