On Saturday 27 July 2002 14:41, Haines Brown wrote:
> Richard,
>
> > > The page for nVidia Linux drivers is:
> > > http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux
> >
> > On that page you will find a shell script called NVchoose.sh, if you
> > download it and run it it should tell you which driver you need.
>
> Thanks, that worked. I'd still like to know what the difference is
> between i386 and i686. Perhaps someone will chime in.

Remember the old machines we used to have a 8086, then came 286 machines, 
then came 386 machines, then came the wonderfull 486, i still have 2 
486DX/100 machines here.
Then came the P1 machines, P2 machines P3 and now we have P4.
This all possably sounds like rubbish to you, but i would advise you to look 
at /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help and look for "Processor family"
that will give you more indication of what it is.

One small point, a kernel compiled for a i386 will run on "most" machines, a 
kernel compiled for i686 support will "NOT" run on an old i386 machine.
I have somewhere an URL explaining about machine arch's, however i cant seem 
to find it at this minute.

>
> > Enterprise = Redhat version.
> > All i know is that Seawolf = 7.1
>
> Well, that's what I would have assumed, but there are "Enterprise"
> drivers for different versions of Red Hat. That is, Red Hat 7.1 has an
> Enterprise driver, but no mention of Seawolf. In any case, the script
> you pointed me two knows that I'm not running Enterprise.
>
> Haines

-- 
Regards Richard
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