Some of the Not to my knowledge.  They *may* be 686 compatible, but i686 
processors are actually Pentium Pro, Pentium 2, Pentium III and Pentium 
IV.  There have been a number of issues with people trying to run i686 
binaries on Athlon processors.

On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Nick Wilson wrote:

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> > You should be able to..in fact, you should be able to install i586 RPMs on 
> > an Athlon system.  The trick comes if you try to install i686 binaries.
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> I thought Athlon's were 686?
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