>>>> I'm installing Gentoo on an Acer Aspire 110. It's one of the >>>> "netbook" laptops. /etc/make.conf says: >>>> >>>> >>>> CHOST="i486-pc-linux-gnu" >>>> >>>> >>>> Is that correct? >>>> >>> >>> If it's an Intel-compatible (x86) and Gentoo is 32-bit, then yes, >>> that's correct. >> >> OK, does i686 indicate 64-bit? > > Nope. i686 is still x86. > > But that's the lesser of your problems. If you really meant > to install a 64 bits Gentoo, and your make.conf has that CHOST > line, that means that you chose the wrong stage3 file, and > maybe also the wrong livecd. You need a 64 bits livecd and a > 64 bits stage3.
It's a 32-bit CPU. I'm just confused as to why it doesn't qualify as a 686 instead of 486. - Grant
