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From:  Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>
Subject: [gentoo-user]  Re: CHOST="i486-pc-linux-gnu" ?
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Grant wrote:
> I'm installing Gentoo on an Acer Aspire 110.  It's one of the
> "netbook" laptops.  /etc/make.conf says:
> 
> CHOST="i486-pc-linux-gnu"
> 
> Is that correct?

If it's an Intel-compatible (x86) and Gentoo is 32-bit, then yes, that's 
correct.