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07-16-2003, 05:56 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2003
Distribution: RedHat 9.0
Posts: 20
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i386 rpms everywhere!!!!
RH 9.0
WHT? Seems like every rpm I have to go find is i386. Yet I see other drivers with i486,i586 and yes, even i686........
Am I to understand I'm running code that's not even optimized for PENTIUM!?!?
How can I ditch all these i386 libs/rpms/whatever and get tech that actually uses my P4?
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07-16-2003, 06:00 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Feb 2002
Location: Grenoble
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 9,696
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You need to get .src.rpms and compile them.
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07-16-2003, 06:03 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2002
Location: England
Distribution: Used to use Mandrake/Mandriva
Posts: 2,794
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Is a 586 or 686 .rpm really so bad?
You did pick a package based distro afterall, if you want source+compiling, try Gentoo.
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07-16-2003, 08:05 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2003
Distribution: RedHat 9.0
Posts: 20
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I'm not saying 586 or 686 is bad at all. I'm saying it seems like most of the stuff for RH is i386 and THAT is bad, as in SLOW. I don't understand why RH doesn't ship with pre compiled i486, or better yet, i586 series rpms.
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07-16-2003, 08:12 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2003
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 4,113
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Because not everybody is running Pentium or better and RH wants as many customers as they can get, figuring that asking Pentium+ users to use their ability to compile and tweak is better than making it impossible for a 486 user to get Red Hat at all?
Checkinstall works for rpms, too, I think - get it and compile from source and it'll still show up as a regular rpm. That can be even more optimized than a generic i686 rpm.
I don't know the history, so I could be wrong, but Mandrake's a 586 or better distro and nearly went broke while RH is rolling in it.
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07-16-2003, 10:50 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jun 2002
Location: Eastern PA, USA
Distribution: K/Ubuntu 18.04-14.04, Scientific Linux 6.3-6.4, Android-x86, Pretty much all distros at one point...
Posts: 1,802
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The i686 RPMs are the Pentium 4 class RPMs. There is actually nothing wrong with running i386 RPMs, and in fact sometimes they are faster... i386 compilers are often more worked over and therefore can compile code that runs well. Some Pentium class processors actually process the i386 code better than their own native code...
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07-17-2003, 06:06 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2003
Distribution: RedHat 9.0
Posts: 20
Original Poster
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You mean I actually have to LEARN which rpms are faster AND compatible with others on my machine?!
THE NERVE!!!!!!
Thanks guys.
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