You can try...but, an i686 binary may use machine code instructions that are
not present in the i586 chip. Thus, the program will crash with an "illegal
instruction" message.
j- k-
On Friday 01 February 2002 16:11, Steve wrote:
> I'm wanting to install mysql on an older i586 machine r
I'm wanting to install mysql on an older i586 machine running RedHat (AMD
K62) and was wondering if the 3.23.47 i686 binary currently available is
OK on older CPUs.
I've been reading but don't understand if the i686 binary is just optimized
for the newer CPUs or if it shouldn't be run on the
