On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Vladimir G. Ivanovic wrote: > >>>>> "ar" == Andrew Robinson <awrobinson@xxxxxxx> writes: > > ar> This is a pretty simple question. How do I know what my > ar> architecture is? Specifically, what's the difference between > ar> i386, i586 and i686? How do I find out which my laptop is to > ar> know which kernel to install? Not necessarily. Uname -a will tell you the architecture for which the kernel was compiled. In my case, it says "i686 athlon i386". I know, since I built the box from parts, that I have an Athlon in my system, but I wouldn't be able to tell from the uname -a output. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 To be notified of updates to the web site, send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
