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From: "Steve Simon" <steve@quintile.net>
Date: Wed,  9 Jan 2013 21:36:22 +0000
To: 9fans@9fans.net
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Subject: Re: [9fans] 9atom-nix
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> If it requires PAE, it will not run on Banias and Dothan B-stepping
> and C-stepping (on 400MHz FSB) CPUs (most Pentium M's).

one question, is the kernel able to print a message if it is started
on incompatible machine:

	panic: this kernel requires PAE which is not supported by this hardware.

Could save a lot of time messing about with the wrong kernel.

just my 2cents worth.

-Steve