Is PIII an i686?

Kam Leo kam.leo at gmail.com
Thu Jun 7 22:59:23 UTC 2007


On 6/7/07, Knute Johnson <knute at frazmtn.com> wrote:
> >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?
>
> Yes.  I've put FC5 and FC6 on them but no-go with F7.  It does load
> vmlinuz and initrd and shows Ready but never goes any further.
>
> --
> Knute Johnson
> Molon Labe...

Are you trying to run the Live CD or installing from the CD? You may
not have sufficient memory if you are trying to run it. I may be
mistaken but I believe 512 MB is required.




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