[plug] pentium 4's and RH6.2

[Leon Brooks]

Bill Kenworthy wrote:

> Has anyone successfully installed RedHat 6.2 on a pentium 4 machine? 
> The anaconda install breaks on a new dell, and one suggestion is that
> the P4 is the cause.  7.0 does work but then this machine will not be in
> sync with the rest of the developement machines which may cause some
> problems.

Yes. The CPUID on the P4 is not in sequence. This was done to fix a bug 
in Windows NT, so face Redmond when making appropriate gestures of thanks...

You can plug the disk into a similar machine, install, upgrade the 
kernel, swap back, and all will be well.