Difference between i386 and i686 distros

ahayes1ic said:

What is the difference between i386 and i686 distros?

Does Red Hat come in a i686 distro?

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the basic difference is code optimization....i505 distro is optimized for P4 and similar where as i386 is for the obsolete intel 386,......i386 will run on a p4 but i686 will run more efficiently...

i run redhat9 on one of my workstations and it installed the i686 kernel....however i believe that if i install it on a 386....it would automatically use the 386 kernel...

if your distro only installs a 386 kernel you can build a new kernel for the 686 (p4)...