whoch verison i386 or x86-64

[ionracing]

ok i had a problem when i installed fedora 6 and just gave up. I have a pentium 4 hyper threading. Now although it is not a dual pro. it simulates a dual pro. When you look at systems info tools(3rd party) it sees to processors. now what should i install the i386 or the x86-64.

[Seve]

Hello:
You should install i.386

Because your processor has hyper-threading it will take advantage of the smp kernel features.

See

[ionracing]

no offense but when i email Rahul Sundaram the last line is what he wrote back. the first thing he wrote is x86?????????


> I have used fedora 6 before on this processor but was
> unsuccesful and gave up on it. I am currently going to school for
> network engineering. I want to install fedora 7 on this processor. I had
> issues before with fedora 6 install on this processor as a i586
> eventhough i am told it is a i686 processor. Now eventhough a hyper
> threading processor is not a dual core it simulates a dual core. I
> downloaded and installed the i386 version before. Is that the reason it
> didnt work correctly. Should I use the x86 download or use the i386
> download.
>

x86. Use fedora-list or http://fedoraforum.org for end user questions

[Seve]

Originally Posted by ionracing

no offense but when i email Rahul Sundaram the last line is what he wrote back. the first thing he wrote is x86?????????


> I have used fedora 6 before on this processor but was
> unsuccesful and gave up on it. I am currently going to school for
> network engineering. I want to install fedora 7 on this processor. I had
> issues before with fedora 6 install on this processor as a i586
> eventhough i am told it is a i686 processor. Now eventhough a hyper
> threading processor is not a dual core it simulates a dual core. I
> downloaded and installed the i386 version before. Is that the reason it
> didnt work correctly. Should I use the x86 download or use the i386
> download.
>

x86. Use fedora-list or http://fedoraforum.org for end user questions

Hello:
No offense taken

If you are still unsure, then please post the details of your processor [CPU].
Exact model etc. with a link to the specs.

Thanks

Seve

[ionracing]

well i know it is a p4 2.8g now what else can i find for you

[leadgolem]

Your processor appears to be a p4 521, that means it is one of the earlier p4's and is 32bit architecture. So, it follows you would need the 32bit fedora 7. Not the x86_64 version. Here's the breakdown from intel.

The problem with FC6 misidentifying your architecture as i586 when it was supposed to be i686 was a known FC6 bug. It has not, to my knowledge, appeared in Fedora 7.

[ionracing]

that was the problem with F6 exactly

[leadgolem]

Oh, just so you are aware. The smp version of fedora no longer exitsts. The features of the smp versions designed to take advantage of dual core and hyperthreaded cpu's was built into a standard distro. It just turns it's self off if you have a single core cpu.

[Seve]

Hello:
leadgolem has you covered
Install the i386 version of F7 and you should be good to go.

Seve