IIRC a bunch of distros moved to i586 or i686 as their minimum CPU version, which means packages get compiled with instructions that aren’t supported by 386 and 486 CPUs. So those 32-bit ISOs only work on relatively recent 32-bit chips and will crash on chips which are 30+ years old.
IIRC a bunch of distros moved to i586 or i686 as their minimum CPU version, which means packages get compiled with instructions that aren’t supported by 386 and 486 CPUs. So those 32-bit ISOs only work on relatively recent 32-bit chips and will crash on chips which are 30+ years old.