Preinstall Question - CPU

d3c3it · 2003-09-10 19:48:13

Hi
im new to this forum, but not to linux *no expert but know how to use linux and get linux working* and i just wanted to double make sure if archlinux would run on a Pentium II because as far as i know im sure its a i686 cpu, is this right?
this is for a work machine its an old 400, going to be used for network checking, looking for blockages and such like.
thanks for any replies

terrapin · 2003-09-10 20:05:18

i586

First Generation Pentiums MMX, 66Mhz to 233Mhz

i686

PentiumII/III
AMD Athlon (K-7)
i686 Celeron AMD
Duron (K-7 "light")
The whole i686 category is roughly equivelent to the K6 category
roughly PPro = K6
PII = K6-2
PIII = K6-3

found this off of a website...

d3c3it · 2003-09-10 20:13:54

terrapin wrote:

i586
First Generation Pentiums MMX, 66Mhz to 233Mhz
i686
PentiumII/III
AMD Athlon (K-7)
i686 Celeron AMD
Duron (K-7 "light")
The whole i686 category is roughly equivelent to the K6 category
roughly PPro = K6
PII = K6-2
PIII = K6-3
found this off of a website...

I stupidly couldnt find any sites discribing the different archs etc well thanks for that, im 14% done with the iso, going to have fun in work tomorrow, boss is out

sarah31 · 2003-09-10 20:32:07

actually most of the k6's are i586. it is hit and miss.

terrapin · 2003-09-10 20:39:07

d3c3it wrote:

I stupidly couldnt find any sites discribing the different archs etc well thanks for that, im 14% done with the iso, going to have fun in work tomorrow, boss is out

I hope you didn't take that the wrong way. I wasn't trying to be snobby. I just didn't want anyone to think I wrote that. Don't want to take credit for something I didn't write. People might actually think I know what I am talking about.

dp · 2003-09-10 22:44:30

for a holiistc x86 reference see also:

http://www.alasir.com/x86ref/index2.html

d3c3it · 2003-09-11 11:20:26

terrapin wrote:

d3c3it wrote:
I stupidly couldnt find any sites discribing the different archs etc well thanks for that, im 14% done with the iso, going to have fun in work tomorrow, boss is out

I hope you didn't take that the wrong way. I wasn't trying to be snobby. I just didn't want anyone to think I wrote that. Don't want to take credit for something I didn't write. People might actually think I know what I am talking about.

No no thats fine, im just having major problems with arch right now, X wont work under a user just crashes out *but works as root* and my mouse doesnt work, whenever i move it it just sort of hovers around the outside of the screen

deepfreeze · 2003-09-11 11:35:11

I don't know why your X would be crashing unless you're root, but perhaps to fix the mouse issue, you would need to change the Protocol in the XF86Config file to "IMPS2" (or is it "IMPS/2"?) instead of whatever you may have right now. I had the same issue in the past and changing the protocol did fix the problem.

d3c3it · 2003-09-11 11:50:07

deepfreeze wrote:

I don't know why your X would be crashing unless you're root, but perhaps to fix the mouse issue, you would need to change the Protocol in the XF86Config file to "IMPS2" (or is it "IMPS/2"?) instead of whatever you may have right now. I had the same issue in the past and changing the protocol did fix the problem.

ahh thanks thats the monkey, ive got a ton of problems you mind if i ask?
the keyboard map is to us howd i change that ?ive got a dlink network card and i cant get the insmod to load the module *not even sure if its the right module* it says on the shutdown messages try network start but it says command not found ?

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