Hello,
I have a good old boy which is a PC with Mainboard K6XV3+/66 Rev BB+, AMD K6-2 450MHz, HDD 10GB, second HDD 6GB, LAN card, WLAN USB, PCI card USB2.0.
I see different antiX versions are available. In the different versions,"..486" or"..686" versions are indicated.
What are the differences between the"4" and"6"? According AMD Wiki the AMD K6-2 450 MHz is from the"6th x86" generation. Does it mean I should install a version antiX"...686" on it? (I installed the version"M8.5..486").
And for my global knowledge: what are the differences between the antiX version for 4 and 6? speed? space?.
Thanks a lot.
Pascal

Only difference is the kernel used. The 486 uses a 'standard' kernel so all boxes from PI to latest should boot. If you have PI or AMB k5/k6 you will have to use the 486 kernel version. If you want to upgrade your kernel then you can use the latest 2.6.36 MEPIS kernel (get the oe that is not smp)

anticapitalista wrote:Only difference is the kernel used. The 486 uses a 'standard' kernel so all boxes from PI to latest should boot. If you have PI or AMB k5/k6 you will have to use the 486 kernel version. If you want to upgrade your kernel then you can use the latest 2.6.36 MEPIS kernel (get the oe that is not smp)

Accorfing Wiki, the AMD K6-2 is from the PII type; see
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So, the 686 is for different PC (which ones?) and not for mine?

The processors are seen as equivalent, but a 686 kernel will not boot on k5/k6 or P1 boxes, but does boot PII. The 686 is basically PII and later (but not the 'equivalent' AMD k5/k6). K7 runs ok with a 686 kernel.