On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 00:19 -0500, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > Bob Taylor wrote: [snip] > > 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) [snip] > 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? -- Bob Taylor