In our previous episode, Sven Barth said: > > Please note that 386 support was completely dropped recently from the > kernel: > http://www.zdnet.com/good-bye-386-linux-to-drop-support-for-i386-chips-with-next-major-release-7000008772/ The 486 production stopped in 2007 afaik. The 386 must have been much earlier.