On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 22:46 -0800, John R Pierce wrote: > Bob Taylor wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 00:19 -0500, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > > > >> Bob Taylor wrote: > >> > > > > [snip] > > > > > >>> uname -imp: > >>> > >>> i686 i686 i386 > >>> > >>> Don't know why the kernel says it's an i386. Kernel bug? Gateway > >>> purchase? > >>> > >> i386 is the architecture, in there you have processor flavors > >> which can be i386 (generic), i486, i586 and i686 tuned. C5 only > >> carries the generic i386 (default compile options) and the i686 > >> tuned binaries, i586 tuned binaries are no longer being supported > >> after C4. > >> > > > > What does this say my cpu is: > > > > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > > cpu family : 6 > > model : 5 > > model name : Pentium II (Deschutes) > > > > [snip] > > > > > >> The uname output is valid for your install, the question now is > >> why rpm refuses to install valid architecture binaries on your > >> system. > >> > > > > So, my cpu is not an i686? > > > > a P-II should be. i686 is everything from the Pentium Pro onwards, > including P-II, P-III, P4, core, and the various clones. it does NOT > include the original Pentiums (p5 and p54) or 'pentium w/ MMX', those > are i586. What is model : 5 above compared to p5? -- Bob Taylor _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos