On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 04:49:49PM -0500, Mark A. Lewis alleged:
> So, what is a "valid" 64bit CPU? I have a DEC Alpha in the basement that
> is most certainly 64 bit, but can't install the i386 or x86_64 version
> on it. How about Sparc or HP-UX boxes? Are they valid 64 bit CPUs?
Those are comple
Mark A. Lewis wrote:
So, what is a "valid" 64bit CPU? I have a DEC Alpha in the basement that
is most certainly 64 bit, but can't install the i386 or x86_64 version
on it. How about Sparc or HP-UX boxes? Are they valid 64 bit CPUs?
I suspect he meant specifically x86_64... sure, there's lot
On Feb 8, 2008 1:49 PM, Mark A. Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> So, what is a "valid" 64bit CPU? I have a DEC Alpha in the basement that
> is most certainly 64 bit, but can't install the i386 or x86_64 version
> on it. How about Sparc or HP-UX boxes? Are they valid 64 bit CPUs?
>
Grrr - we we
Ralph Angenendt wrote:
I don't think so. i586 (ViA C5/6, AMD K-III) won't even run an i686 kernel...
i586 is the original Pentium and Pentium/MMX (60Mhz to about 233Mhz) as
well as the clones you mention above, while i686 is the Pentium Pro, P2,
P3, P4, and Core, as well as various clones.
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On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 12:40:55PM -0800, MHR alleged:
> On Feb 8, 2008 9:02 AM,
On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 12:40:55PM -0800, MHR alleged:
> On Feb 8, 2008 9:02 AM, Ray Van Dolson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 05:47:58PM +0100, Matias Surdi wrote:
> > > Is possible to install Centos 5 on a 586 CPU? (cpu_type = 5)
> > >
> >
> > No. I think there was so
On Feb 8, 2008 1:19 PM, Ralph Angenendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I don't think so. i586 (ViA C5/6, AMD K-III) won't even run an i686
> kernel - and definitely no 64bit kernel.
>
Correct - my mistake (see? I do that...).
mhr
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MHR wrote:
> I had 586 CPUs on two different machines at work way back when 5.0
> came out, and the x86_64 installation ran just fine on both.
I don't think so. i586 (ViA C5/6, AMD K-III) won't even run an i686
kernel - and definitely no 64bit kernel.
Ralph
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On Feb 8, 2008 9:02 AM, Ray Van Dolson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 05:47:58PM +0100, Matias Surdi wrote:
> > Is possible to install Centos 5 on a 586 CPU? (cpu_type = 5)
> >
>
> No. I think there was some interest in making this happen at some
> point:
>
> http://wiki.c
On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 05:47:58PM +0100, Matias Surdi wrote:
> Is possible to install Centos 5 on a 586 CPU? (cpu_type = 5)
>
No. I think there was some interest in making this happen at some
point:
http://wiki.centos.org/QaWiki/CentOS5PentiumSupport
However I'm not sure that it will end up
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