Gentoo Version??HELP!

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where can i get an IA-32 or x86 disk and (hate to be a noob but....) what id the IA-32 and x86 for. Im guessing the Ia-32 is a 32bit Intel Processor and x86 is the AMD equivilant. Am i correct?
 
Hey SW_freak64,

First off some Definitions for you:

IA-32: sometimes generically called x86-32, is the computer architecture of Intel's most successful microprocessors. Within various programming language directives it is also referred to as "i386". The term may be used to refer to the 32-bit extensions to the original x86 architecture on which it is based, or to the architecture as a whole. This architecture defines the instruction set for the family of microprocessors installed in the vast majority of personal computers in the world.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IA-32

x86 or 80x86 is the generic name of a microprocessor architecture first developed and manufactured by Intel.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86

As for where to download Gentoo:

http://www.icewalkers.com/Linux/Software/515480/Gentoo-Linux.html
http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml

That should give you a starting point,

Jake
 
Jake you dont know how much sense that made and how much it helped me! thank you soo much! I feel real ignorant by not looking at my system information to find what processor type it was..thanx alot!
 
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