[CentOS] problem installing CentOS 5.3

[Jim Perrin]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote:

> You need the i586 kernel for the AMD K6 machines. Bad news is CentOS 5
> does not support it.  Good news is CentOS 4 supports it.
>
> Visit http://i586.centos.org/centos/4/ and you will find what is
> required to boot your system.  Once booted, type 'linux i586' to start
> the installation.

Following on Akemi's excellent advice, CentOS 5 has much higher ram
requirements due to yum and installer changes. The release notes
recommend at least 512MB of ram, though 1G is preferable. From the
sounds of things, Akemi is correct and CentOS 4 is really the only
option unless you want to upgrade the hardware.


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