Is PIII an i686?

[stan]

On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:39:25 -0700
"Knute Johnson" <knute at frazmtn.com> wrote:

> >On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:12:38 -0700
> >"Knute Johnson" <knute at frazmtn.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I've got a Pentium 3 600mhz computer.  Is the P3 chip an i686?  It 
> >> won't run the F7 i686 Live CD.  It won't run the i386 boot.iso 
> >> either.
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> >> 
> >if it already has a version of linux on it you can run uname -m to
> >find out.
> 
> Thank you very much.  Turns out it is an i686.  So that isn't a 
> reason that the Live CD corks.
> 
Does the bios allow booting from CD?
Is it turned on?