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On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 15:09:46 +0100, Maciek R. <m.mail at vp.pl> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a bad feeling asking this. Don't laugh at me please ... but, what
> is iXXX behind the word 'kernel', I mean for example FC3 kernel i686?
I've got to laff. Tis the season... The iXXX specified the arch it is for.
In this case Pentium 3s, 4s Celerons, Semprons, Athlons and that class.
The i386 should work on all machines of types listed above. x86_64 is
for 64bit machines, Opterons, Athlon64s...

> If I get the output ...
> 
> [root at ferrari i386]# uname -r
> 2.6.9-1.667
> 
> .. does it mean I have i686 because of the 6 after the 2? Or is there a
> different way to find it out?
The 2.6.9 is the kernel version. The 667 is the patchlevel. One of the
fedora lists, fedora-test or fedora-devel, should have a post by an
@redhat person detailing what is used.

HTH
N.Emile...
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