Which disk for 32 bit?
Dotan Cohen
dotancohen at gmail.com
Sat Feb 9 19:00:09 UTC 2008
On 09/02/2008, Chris Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > I haven't done a Fedora install since FC6. I want to give the F9-alpha
> > a spin on my Intel Core Duo laptop, however, I want to install a 32
> > bit system. Would that be i386 or i686? Thanks.
>
>
> Both are 32 bit.
>
> The difference is i686 is for 'newer' cpus that have instructions sets
> the older i386 ones don't have. Yours is certainly i686 capable.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I686
Thanks, Chris. I read that even before posting! It mentions Intel
Core, but I was not certain that includes duo core and duo core 2
processors. Thanks.
Dotan Cohen
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