Comment 15 for bug 254453

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Forest Bond (forest-bond) wrote : Re: [Bug 254453] Re: Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha-3 Intrepid Ibex - Via C3 CPU not Supported

Hi,

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 07:49:36PM -0000, MG wrote:
> I downloaded ubuntu-8.04.1-server-i386.iso (the latest release) today
> and installed it on the Via PD6000E with C3. It installed and restarted
> without any noticeable problems. /proc/version reports the following
> version:
>
> Linux version 2.6.24-19-generic (buildd@palmer) (gcc version 4.2.3
> (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)) #1 SMP Wed Jun 18 14:43:41 UTC 2008
>
> The 8.04 server version will boot on a VIA C3 Samuel 2. Therefore if
> there is a problem, it appears to originate in Intrepid Ibex.

Well, for what it's worth, I have one case where a user installed Ubuntu 8.04
server edition on an EPIA EK board and the machine failed to boot for the first
time after installation. I'm unable to provide much more information,
unfortunately.

-Forest
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