Celeron (Mendicino) i586 or i686?

BlackDuck · n00b Joined: 28 Jun 2003 Posts: 67 Location: Canberra.au

I am trying to install Gentoo 2004.1 on an old Celeron box and have forgotten whether it is classified as an i586 or i686. :oops:

Would someone please tell me whether I can use the i686 stage3 or the generic x86 stage3.

Thanks.
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kezzla · Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 5:29 am Post subject:

i686 should work fine

BlackDuck · n00b Joined: 28 Jun 2003 Posts: 67 Location: Canberra.au

I untarred the i686 Stage3 and found that tar no longer worked when I tried to untar the portage tree. It came up with some checksum errors.

I then untarred x86 Stage3 and was then able to untar the portage tree.

Interesting discovery. When I build the kernel, I think I'll set it as an i586.

Where can I find some information on the differences between i586 and i686.

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monkey89 · Guru Joined: 08 Mar 2004 Posts: 596

Anything past Pentium Pro (i586) is an i686, as is your Celeron. The tar errors seem completely unrelated, and it could have been a bad download/burn for the i686.

BlackDuck · n00b Joined: 28 Jun 2003 Posts: 67 Location: Canberra.au

Thanks for the info. Yes, I think it must have been a bad CD burn. I checked the iso against its md5 and it checked out OK but I was getting read problems when copying distfiles to my HD.

I might try burning another CD and see if the problem goes away.
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nixnut · Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 5:03 pm Post subject: