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? -- Mike Chambers Madisonville, KY "Best little town on Earth!" -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
