On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 14:40 -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
A day or so ago, I flipped the switch and killed off the 586
specific
kernel, by making the 686 kernel bootable on older machines.
Turns out it isn't that easy however.
Rpm will refuse to install the 686 kernel a 586, because it checks
the arch..
sudo rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.21-1.3228.fc8.i686.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package kernel-2.6.21-1.3228.fc8 is intended for a i686 architecture
Since the other kernels have their specific names in them, such as ppc,
x86-64, ppc64, etc., why can't you use a name for ix86 systems instead
of x86? Heck, why not just x86? Will rpm upgrade/install with that
over 586, 686, etc?
kernel-2.6.21-1.3228.fc8.intel.rpm
kernel-2.6.21-1.3228.fc8.x86.rpm
kernel-2.6.21-1.3228.fc8.rpm (leave off the name all together for x86
boxes)
Anything other than intel boxes would have the name, like ppc, x86_64,
s390, etc..
Would rpm/yum work with anything of that nature?
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Mike Chambers
Madisonville, KY
"Best little town on Earth!"