> -----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 -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
