Bob Taylor wrote:
On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 00:19 -0500, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
Bob Taylor wrote:
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uname -imp:
i686 i686 i386
Don't know why the kernel says it's an i386. Kernel bug? Gateway purchase?
i386 is the architecture, in there you have processor flavors which can be i386 (generic), i486, i586 and i686 tuned. C5 only carries the generic i386 (default compile options) and the i686 tuned binaries, i586 tuned binaries are no longer being supported after C4.
What does this say my cpu is:
vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 5 model name : Pentium II (Deschutes)
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The uname output is valid for your install, the question now is why rpm refuses to install valid architecture binaries on your system.
So, my cpu is not an i686?
a P-II should be. i686 is everything from the Pentium Pro onwards, including P-II, P-III, P4, core, and the various clones. it does NOT include the original Pentiums (p5 and p54) or 'pentium w/ MMX', those are i586.