On 08/28/2011 11:38 PM John R Pierce wrote: > 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. Snob appeal does work on a lot of people. Maybe in today's world it's a character flaw, but I prefer actual reasons.