[ILUG] Architecture crossover trouble w RH7.2

[Conor Daly]

On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 11:57:36AM +0100 or thereabouts, Anders Holm wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 11:24:57AM +0100 or thereabouts, Anders
> > Holm wrote:
> > > Hi Conor.
> > >
> > > From the top of my head, I believe the Celeron is recognised as an i686
> > > arch, whereas the K6-2 is a i586 arch. That's why you have this problem.
> > > Re-install it as a i586/i386 system instead, and you'd be fine.
> >
> > But can I install _on top_ of the existing installation without losing
> > what's already there?  Will an _upgrade_ recognise the new arch
> > and install
> > the correct kernel?
> 
> Why would you want to upgrade? If I understand your situation, you haven't
> really used this system have you? Why not then just re-install? Just
> wondering.. :)
> 
> If you want you could just replace the i686 packages with their i586 or i386
> equivalents and you're set. It all depends on what you are using this system
> for, I suppose. If it's just a small test box or desktop, it's not too bad
> to have to check a small number of configs. If it's a production system,
> you're worse off. Then again, I'd not really be inclined to believe this box
> is used for production purposes if you are having these problems.. :)

I haven't _used_ the system yet, just spent a couple of weeks _configuring_
the thing!  It will become a production system in future once it gets a box
of its own.  The disk is all I have at present to work on so I just stuck it
into one of my own boxes.  I may be having some hardware issues with the
current _box_ so I want to put the disk into another one to check that.  

AIUI, a reinstall will _wipe_ the disk (or at least the / partition) and I
lose all my work ot date (The backup system is what started showing up the
possible hardware problem in the first place).

also, will the i386 packages work on the i686 machine if/when I move the
disk back?  I know there may be performance hits but, while it will be a 
production server, the clients will be old P166 boxes so they shouldn't notice 
too hard...

Conor
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