12 Jul
2011
12 Jul
'11
1 p.m.
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 05:54:56AM -0700, Drew wrote:
CentOS 6 was not really intended for slower systems, none of the newer distros are. CentOS 6 kernel for example does not support 586 CPU's.
I'd like to know where you read that because I'm looking at putting CentOS 6 onto a couple of lower end boxes, specifically a P3-800(mobile) and an older VIA EPIA, which are fully supported in CentOS 5.
While I don't know aobut the VIA EPIA, any P3 is a "i686" compatible processor, and would therefore be supported.
586-class cpus include all pentiums prior to PII/Pentium-Pro, all Intel chips older than that, AMD K5, K6, K6-II and some number of cyrix/via chips (which ones, specifically, I do not know).
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