[Techtalk] i386 or i686?

[Conor Daly]

On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 08:39:31AM +0000 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
Alvin Goats thought:
> > How do I know whether I need i386 or i686 RPMs? Is it as simple as 
> > asking whether I have a Pentium or a Pentium 2/3/4?
> 
> 
> i386 = 386SX and 386DX CPU's
> i486 = 486SX and 486DX, uses some exra code the CPU has
> i586 = Pentium class processors, some MMX code additons
> i686 = Pentium II and above processor class
> 
> The Cyrix and AMD processors of equivalent Intel class will also use the
> same "iXXX" software.

I had an issue some time back where a system, installed on a celeron box,
was transferred to an AMD box (ie. the HD was moved) and it wouldn't run.
Once I removed the i686 kernel and glibc (which is all that is i686 in
RH7.2) replaced them with i386 versions, the move was fine.

Conor
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