centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 05:54:56AM -0700, Drew wrote:
>>> CentOS 6 was not really intended for slower systems, none of the
>>> newer distros are. CentOS 6 kernel for example does not support 586
>>> CPU's.
>>
>> I'd like to know where you read that because I'm looking at putting
>> CentOS 6 onto a couple of lower end boxes, specifically a
>> P3-800(mobile) and an older VIA EPIA, which are fully supported in
>> CentOS 5.
>
> While I don't know aobut the VIA EPIA, any P3 is a "i686" compatible
> processor, and would therefore be supported.
>
> 586-class cpus include all pentiums prior to PII/Pentium-Pro, all
> Intel chips older than that, AMD K5, K6, K6-II and some number of
> cyrix/via chips (which ones, specifically, I do not know).
Add: AMD Geode (586 non-PAE) can run CentOS 5 but not 6.
Desired: Somebody who is good with repos and rpms please put the linux
kernel (for centos 6) "somewhere" so
Yum --enablerepo=somewhere install full-kernel-source
will put the kernel source on our machines so we "abandoned children"
can at least feed ourselves.
We can hack the kernel until we all can run CentOS 6 on our wind-up-key
embedded/headless/whatever minimachines.
Insert spiffy .sig here:
Life is complex: it has both real and imaginary parts.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the
moments that take our breath away.
//me
*******************************************************************
This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and
intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom
they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please
notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this
email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses.
www.Hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated**
_______________________________________________
CentOS mailing list
CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
