Terry Mathews wrote:
> > True and as well there are some i686 rpms on my box now... running fine.
> Also when I compile a kernel under 2.2 I chose i586 under 2.4 I chose k-6
> family. Wasn't i686 originally the Cyrix soon followed by the Celeron?
> While it is true that Cyrix named their processor the 6x86, it is most
> definately a 586 generation chip. AFAIK, Intel chips up to the Pentium3 are
> i586, while the AMD Athlon is 686 as is the Pentium4.
> The safest way to determine processor family is to go by what the kerenl
> reports it as on the login screen.
I thought it did that because the rpm's used to install mdk were i586?
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