Installing on a p3 -- lots of i686 stuff

DrAwesomePhD · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 105

ya so im installing gentoo on a p3... and i am just reading it (its been going for a good 5-6 hours now and only on step 40 of 94 >.<) and its installing a lot of i686 stuff... now i thought the p3 was i386... but maybe this stuff is generic? i did see some i386 stuff too.. im not sure... im guessing its about half done.. so before i go to bed i want to make sure that this thing is atleast almost done when i wake up.. so i just wanna see if this is cool or not? I went through the installation instructions in the handbook exactly as they said... everything looked cool to me but im kinda a noob>.<

timeBandit · Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 4:52 am Post subject:

Roughly:
i386 = 80386 and later
i486 = 80486 and later
i586 = Pentium and later
i686 = Pentium Pro/Pentium II and later.

Compiling for the i386 architecture when you have a Pentium III would work (yes, it is i386 compatible) but would not take advantage of P-III specific capabilities. You want i686.

Short answer: You're fine.

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