New install

JD jd1008 at gmail.com
Sat Sep 18 00:51:44 UTC 2010



On 09/17/2010 05:46 PM, Jonathan Beatty wrote:
> That chip isn't technically i686 and you'll need to use a 386 distro
> with it, as far as I know.
>
> On 9/17/10, Rod McCown<rodmccown at aircanopy.net>  wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> 	I just finished with a RedHat class and am trying to run the "Fedora
>> 13 desktop" on the only thing that I have left in my office that I can get
>> 512 MB of RAM on. The disk will boot my laptop, but unfortunately it is a
>> company laptop and I cannot put anything else on it. But I know that the CD
>> works. I just tried on a AMD K6-2 500Mhz machine and it says this is the
>> wrong architecture. It says:
>>
>> This kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU: cmov
>> Unable to boot.    Please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU.
>>
>> Is this CPU just too old for the version I'm using?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Rod McCown><>
>> UNIX Senior Systems Admin.
>> Fishermen Chapter
>> Christian Motorcyclist Association
>> 817-395-3029
>> rodmccown at aircanopy.net
>>
>> "UNIX is user friendly, it just picks it's own friends."
>>
>>

Unfortunately, I have not see a fedora spin
that is strictly for the old i386  i486  or i586
architectures.

All released binaries are for the i686 architecture.




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