On 9/13/07, centos at 911networks.com <centos at 911networks.com> wrote: > I was wondering, rhel5/centos5 is 686, but when I went to > http://dag.wieers.com , the packages for rhel5 are either 386 or > x86_64. Why? > > Should I recompile them for 686 or is it a waste of time or it makes no > difference or... i386 is nomenclature carried over for legacy reasons, and is in reality i686 code. The i386 packages will work just fine on rhel5/centos5. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell