Re: Fedora Core 3 on i686 Machine

From: Robert Nichols (SEE_SIGNATURE_at_localhost.localdomain.invalid)
Date: 06/02/05

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    Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 19:17:48 +0000 (UTC)

    In article <429e626e$0$9686$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>,
    Aaron Gray <ang.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
    :>> I want to install Fedora Core 3 on a i686 machine.
    :>>
    :>> Am I right in saying the i386 ISO's are i386 not i686.
    :>
    :> The Fedora i386 ISOs will install and run on Pentiums and later
    :> processors, including "i686". The compiled code is optimized for i686
    :> and there are i686-specific versions of glibc and kernel.
    :
    :Okay, great.
    :
    :I ran FC1 and found it very slow so thought the i386 was to blame. Then I
    :saw another release with i586 so presumed that was how it is. So I can use
    :i386 release with i686 compiled kernel, libc and tools, and ++.

    Unless the slowness was due to FC-1 not taking advantage of some
    hardware feature (accelerated driver for the video card comes to mind)
    I doubt you'll find FC-3 or the soon-to-be-released FC-4 any faster. 

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Bob Nichols         AT comcast.net I am "rnichols42"
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