fedora install on transmeta

[John Boland]

i'm about ready to rip out the little bit of hair i have left.
i'm trying to install F9 on a i586 transmeta laptop.
is there an easy way to specify the architecture to use during the install?
googling around, i found a few recommendations to install an earlier version
(fc5) and then upgrade.
is this true?
is/are there any other ways to install f9 or f10 on an i586?

thanks!

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