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Hi folks,
I'm hoping to install Arch on my desktop, which has a 600mhz Via chip. It wouldn't work with the regular Arch iso disk, so I'm assuming this is considered an i586 machine. I see an i586 folder on the nethat mirror--does that mean that this architecture is supported? Or is it not worth the effort to use Arch on such a machine?
Thanks.
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I got arch running on a 586...don't really use it, it was more of an experiment... It runs ok, you dont have anything in the extra repo, but you can get a good system running off of current. Using X...well...works...but it's fairly slow for me, your results could vary.
I installed using the set of floppies and thus ftp. I had to drop into vi and edit the install script and/or associated files (so i really dont remember) to point at the right place on the server, but that was a while ago, I'm not aware of what progress has been made since then. It's not really all too painful a process. Certainly a satisfying experience :twisted: I promise
Any questions don't be afraid to PM me, I'm likely to be able to help if you get stuck.
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if you look at the archives of the mail list there is a pre0.7beta i586 iso. you can install with that and i believe that there is also info on the mail list that has links to a i586 repo for current only (you will have to build the extra stuff yourself). the last time i looked the i586 repo was staying up to date.
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As it stands, my i586 hardware is hosed. I could start building i586 again if someone could send me a case, power supply, motherboard, and cpu...
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i could but i may need to use it at work.
i would also need some cash for the comp and shipping covered
(it does have a use to me so it has a value)
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Preferably i586s, but i686s building with -march=i586 could work as well.
I don't need any hard drives, I actually have enough of those.
I'm pretty sure the memory isn't a problem either... I was just being safe.
The current build system isn't written to handle more than one actual build box. This will be fixed when I have time (right now time is at a minimum, what with the end of the semester coming up).
Please email me at jason@archlinux.org to get my shipping address, I will gladly accept your donation
Thanks!
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Hi! (Sorry for my bad English)
Archlinux is my favourite distro, I'm using it on my i586. But unfortunately this CPU is not really supported: too few package was made for it, and the existing packages are quite outdated.
I have 2 questions:
1. The development for i586 will be continued or not? (Nothing has happened for 1/2 year)
2. If you've got enough disk-space on your servers, a homepage for i586 packages made by Arch-users would be nice. I could help us (if needed), too:
Tetex 3.0, Firefox 1.0, xfce 4.2.0, xpdf, gqview, beep-media-player, axel ... and other musthave progz have already worked on my Arch-0.7-beta. The huge ones were stolen from other (usually slackware-based) i586-distros (for example, it was really difficult to find firefox 1.0 compiled for i586), the small ones were compiled by me. Personally, I don't want to change to other distro, because Arch is fast and has a really good package management and build system. I think that i586 users (like me) could help each other by sharing their working packages.
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I actually received two i586s from a very generous donator. I haven't yet buckled down and got i586 going again. I don't expect it'll happen soon.
If anyone is interested in getting something going based on the current packages, I'm sure you could get me interested again
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