how to know i386, i586, or i686

**Tom Varghese** · 10-08-2008

I am using intel Pentium 4 processor (compaq presario desktop PC). 256MB RAM. I want to download a new version of my favourite distro (Fedora). Can I download i686 version? (I am usually download i386)
Thanks in advance.

**GNU-Fan** · 10-08-2008

Hello,

yes. Everything of the Pentium merchandise since Pentium II supports i686.

PS: Get more ram.

**techieMoe** · 10-08-2008

I recommend these links:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/per...a64-em64t.html

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...ead-first.html

I also second the suggestion that you get more RAM. 256MB is obscenely low for a Pentium 4 system and it will severely limit the amount of things you can do with your computer.

**l4ever** · 10-09-2008

Open your terminal and type in "arch" ..Simples as that

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bash-3.1$ arch
i686
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**jmadero** · 10-10-2008

256 RAM is going to be stretched with Fedora....especially if you are talking about Fedora with KDE 4.1 installed.

**Tom Varghese** · 10-12-2008

i686 live cd worked successfully in my system.

Everything go fine in my fedora core 6 with 256MB RAM. Which version of fedora which my system can't pass system requirements?
Fedora core 10?

**GNU-Fan** · 10-12-2008

Fedora 10 is available in i686 as well.

If you want to have a compilation that won't work, you will have to download the PowerPC or IA-64 version.

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