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Re: [PLUG] RedHat i386 vs i686 RPMs for kernel and glibc
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My experience is similar, so I might as well
share this experience:
I forced an install of RH 7.3
to a disk and put that on a 486 machine--it crashes. After
days of figuring out I found that the regular RedHat
install for a "higher" machine of 586 (or maybe it was
686) was the problem---the glibc libraries crashes
INIT, so the redhat on 486 won't even start up
after lilo/kernel finishes booting (right where its just about
to start init). This is after I already replaced
a 586 kernel with a 386 kernel.
With a 586 vs 686 I dont know
if its that significant. If it crashes on you
you'd have to re install the RPMS for kernel,
glibc, and a few more. Not a lot but its quite
a bit of work.
e pike
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 08:40:21 -0400 (EDT)
"Edward M. Corrado" <ecorrado@athena.rider.edu> wrote:
> I am about to apply some patches to a Pentium II - 266 machine running
> RedHat 9.0. I noticed on the RedHat Mirror that I use there are a few i686
> RPM's and the rest are i386 rpms. In theory, I understand the difference.
> However, since RedHat seems to enjoy shipping i386 RPMs, is there any
> downside to using the i686 RPMs when available. The only i686 ones
> available from the mirror are for the kernel, glibc, nptl-devel (which I
> don't need) and openssl. Basically, I'm wondering if there is any downside
> to going with the i686 RPMs when available. I don't know of any off the
> top of my head, but if I may run into potential conflicts, I'd rather
> forgo the i686 versions for the i386 ones. For some reason, I think I
> might need to be more concerned about glibc then the kernel.
>
> Ed C.
>
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