32 bit or 64 bit?

Justin Crabtree crabtrej at otc.edu
Tue Nov 30 19:06:15 UTC 2004


Gerhard Magnus wrote:
> I'm preparing to download the ISO images for Fedora Core 3 which I will
> then burn to CDs.  I'd like to install the OS on a Pentium 4 and on an
> older Pentium 3.  I'm assuming I want the x-86-compatible (32-bit)
> version for both machines -- is this correct?  What sorts of machines use
> the 64-bit version?
> 
> Thanks for the help with what is probably a dumb question....
> Jerry
> 
> 

You want the i386 version.  64-bit is for AMD64 and Intel EMT64 chips.

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Justin Crabtree
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Ozarks Technical Community College
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