[CentOS] Centos 5 on i586

Garrick Staples garrick at usc.edu
Fri Feb 8 22:02:07 UTC 2008


On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 04:49:49PM -0500, Mark A. Lewis alleged:
> So, what is a "valid" 64bit CPU? I have a DEC Alpha in the basement that
> is most certainly 64 bit, but can't install the i386 or x86_64 version
> on it. How about Sparc or HP-UX boxes? Are they valid 64 bit CPUs?

Those are completely different arches.  None of them are x86.

In the context of this discussion, "valid" 64bit CPUs are newer PentiumIV,
Athlon64, and later CPUs.


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