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From: Venkatesh Srinivas <me@endeavour.zapto.org>
Date: Wed,  9 Jan 2013 13:26:09 -0800
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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] 9atom-nix
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> the pae kernel deserves a word or so.  the pae kernel brings
> with it a streamlined kernel, supporting only very modern
> machines, such as the pentium pro.

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).