Some issues

[Thiemo Seufer]

Steffen Grunewald wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 04:12:00PM +0200, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> > Thomas Lange wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > If you need a smaller kernel image to fit on a floppy disk, you can
> > > remove some network drivers, that you don't need for booting and
> > > mounting the nfsroot. If you have a math coprocessor, disable the math
> > > emulation (nearly 80k).
> > 
> > I wonder why math emulation is available in FAI kernels at all. Is
> > there actually some realistic scenario where old/embedded i386/i486
> > machines are installed via FAI?
> 
> I guess the Centibots are not based on high-end i686 processors...
> Correct me if I'm wrong!

They do. Pentium III compatible, or in another variant Pentium I
compatible VIA/Centaur CPUs. So they have a FPU.


Thiemo