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<H2><A NAME=SECTION00381000000000000000>1.8.1 Motherboard and CPU requirements</A></H2>
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<A NAME=522> </A>
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<A NAME=523> </A>
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Linux currently supports systems with an Intel 80386, 80486, or
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Pentium CPU. This includes all variations on this CPU type, such as the
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386SX, 486SX, 486DX, and 486DX2. Non-Intel ``clones'', such as AMD and
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Cyrix processors, work with Linux as well.
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If you have a 80386 or 80486SX, you may also wish to use a math coprocessor,
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although one isn't required (the Linux kernel can do FPU emulation if you do
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not have a math coprocessor). All standard FPU couplings are supported, such
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as IIT, Cyrix FasMath, and Intel coprocessors.
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The system motherboard must use ISA or EISA bus architecture. These terms
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define how the system interfaces with peripherals and other components on
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the main bus. Most systems sold today are either ISA or EISA bus. IBM's
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MicroChannel (MCA) bus, found on machines such as the IBM PS/2, is not
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currently supported.
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Systems which use a local bus architecture (for faster video and disk
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access) are supported as well. It is suggested that you have a standard
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local bus architecture such as the VESA Local Bus (``VLB'').
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<I>Matt Welsh <BR>
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mdw@sunsite.unc.edu</I>
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