RE: Moving RH-8.0 to another architecture (586/686)

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Kloiber
> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 1:38 PM
> Subject: Re: Moving RH-8.0 to another architecture (586/686)
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 14:06, Cowles, Steve wrote:
> > I have looked at (printed) all the rpm's architectures and 
> > only see that the kernel is compiled for a particular
> > architecture. Everything else seems to be i386 based. i.e.
> > rpm -qa. Even glibc.
> 
> glibc-common is i386, but glibc itself is i686 if installed 
> on an i686. You could try:
> 
> # rpm -qa | grep glibc-debug | xargs rpm -e
>   (Don't need 'em, and might cause grief in this case.)
> # rpm -e --nodeps --justdb openssl
>   (it's also an i686 package)
> # rpm -ivh openssl-0.9.6b-29.i386.rpm
>   (install the i386 openssl)
> # rpm -e --nodeps --justdb glibc
>   (remove the i686 version, hopefully without crashing)
> # rpm -ivh glibc-2.2.93-5.i386.rpm
>   (Install the i386 glibc right on top of the existing files. 
> Hopefully
> there won't be conflicts, but I don't know for sure.)
> 

Well crap... I figured as much. That's what I get for trying to minimize my
downtime with my available resources. Plus, my knowledge of the rpm command
is minimal. :-(

At this point, I have nothing to lose by trying to replace any of the above
RPM's with the 386 architecture. In its current state -- my new harddrive
will not work on the target system.

Thanks for the reply
Steve Cowles



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