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Actually, i686 is Pentium Pro on through the latest, greatest 32-bit
Xeons. <br>
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On 7/9/10 10:23 AM, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
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Arial; color: navy;">i686 is NOT itanium - it is
later Pentium
(Xeon) chips but is still 32 bit. i386 is the
earlier 32 bit chips. It isn’t
unusual on some systems to see both i386 and i686
packages (and if it is a 64
bit non-Itanium you can have those AND x86_64).
ia64 = Itanium<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org</a>]
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of
</span></b>Jim Kinney<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b>
Friday, July 09, 2010 10:01
AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>
<st1:personname w:st="on">Atlanta Linux
Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!</st1:personname><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b>
Re: [ale] Trying to
Install a Realtek NIC Driver on Fedora 13</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">In Fedora-land, there is
no longer an i386 build. It starts at i686 now. It
is _called_ i386 but the
build arch is i686.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"
size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On Fri,
Jul 9, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Greg Clifton <<a
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href="mailto:gccfof5@gmail.com">gccfof5@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"
size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Correct me
if I am wrong, but isn't the i686 the Itanic (I
mean
Itanium) CPU? Shouldn't you be using an i386
build?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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136);">GC</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12pt;">On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 9:08 AM,
Marc Ferguson <<a
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href="mailto:marcferguson@gmail.com"
target="_blank">marcferguson@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 12pt;">On Thu,
Jul 8, 2010 at 12:24 AM, Brian
Pitts <<a
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target="_blank">brian@polibyte.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 12pt;">On
07/07/2010 11:02 PM,
Marc Ferguson wrote:<br>
> I have an odd question.
Since you guys were able to
build the file<br>
> without any issues can you
simply attach it to this thread?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">No, I
don't think ALE is
attachment-friendly, but I'm okay
with taking<br>
this off-list and helping you out.<br>
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style="color: rgb(136, 136,
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--</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 12pt;">All the
best,<br>
Brian Pitts<br>
_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:
12pt;">Thanks for the file Brian. I
tried to work on getting my NIC
installed,
but I was unsuccessful. Neat thing is I
end up learning new things. I booted
Fedora13 i686 using a USB key and copied
that .ko file onto the desktop. I then
moved it into the "modules" folder
(something along the lines of
/lib/modules/kernel_version/net, it's
not written in stone). Based on the
instructions from this blog post [1], I
tried, but was thoroughly confused by
the end of the night. :)<br>
<br>
I noticed that there isn't a
/etc/modules.conf file. So; I created
one. I'm
wondering if I should go ahead and
install Fedora 13 i686 and go from
there.
I'm concerned about NOT having internet
access during installation - if that
affects the final build of the machine?
I noticed that none of the
changes I do stick (after reboot), so
maybe I'm wasting my time by trying to
get the NIC to work on Live?<br>
<br>
Well; I ended up moving the r8168.ko
file into a "realtek" folder
under /lib/modules/kernel_version/net,
but I couldn't successfully modprobe it.
I did learn that my NIC device wasn't
loaded. When I did a ifconfig only
"lo" was shown. So; now I need to figure
out how to load my NIC
device manually!<br>
<br>
Amazing. I think if I buy a new
motherboard (or get a PCI LAN), I can
bypass
this pain... ah I mean learning. I would
kill for an RPM right now!<br>
<br>
[1] -- <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2005/01/how-to-install-network-card-in-linux.html"
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Linuxaide, hmm good stuff!"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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