On 08/28/11 7:33 PM, ken wrote: >> Recently someone wrote that PAE related to i386 but was not required for >> > x64. What CPU type is your target machine ? > Broadly speaking it's a pentium i686, but without pae. The fact that > this machine is excluded from RH/CentOS doesn't bode well for Linux. its late 2011, the world is finally moving to 64bit as the primary platform. this doesn't bode well for your old 32bit-only CPU. a 32bit only CPU can no longer be considered enterprise grade. -- john r pierce N 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast