install package i386 on computer with kernel i686

xround · 08-19-2004, 07:40 AM

Hello,

install package i386 on computer with kernel i686, can it be a problem ?

Cheers, xround.

Boby · 08-19-2004, 07:47 AM

Hi!

You can install it. On your i686 works i386, i486, i586, i686.

Boby

xround · 08-19-2004, 09:00 AM

Thanks Boby,

And is the reverse operation ok ? an i686 package on an i386 or i586 computer ?
Don't know much about this, and as I have a i586 desktop I guess, I would like to know about this.

Cheers, xround.

Boby · 08-19-2004, 03:36 PM

Hello!

The reverse is not possible.

please check this out:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...62#post1014962
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ight=i386+i686
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ight=i386+i686
........

Boby

xround · 08-20-2004, 03:50 AM

Well many thanks for your answer, Boby, and the links were usefull to understand the problem.

Cheers, xround.

mhearn · 08-20-2004, 06:11 AM

Compiling software as i686 typically gives no benefit outside of special packages such as the kernel and glibc. People who compile everything as i686 generally don't understand what they're doing.