Hi Kevin, On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Kevin Fenzi <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:30:17 -0800 > suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I am not familiar with these boards, but from what I read on Wikipedia >> these are not very different than standard 32 bit machines. I will ask >> again, have you actually tried the standard 32 bit media? Since your >> platform is not radically different (e.g. PPC). i586 is just a subset >> of i686. I would expect almost everything to work out of the box. >> Maybe try the netinstall.iso, then any non standard packages required >> for your platform could be pulled from the repos. > > It's will not work. > > Fedora is compiled for i686 (+some options). > > i586 cpus will not work with i686 compiled packages. > Thanks for clarifying my misconception. This might help the OP, <http://distrowatch.com/search.php?category=All&origin=All&basedon=All¬basedon=None&desktop=All&architecture=i586&status=Active> But I don't see any RedHat based distros in that list. Although there are a few rpm based options. > kevin > -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
