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[ILUG] Architecture crossover trouble w RH7.2

[ILUG] Architecture crossover trouble w RH7.2

Conor Daly conor.daly at met.ie
Wed Jul 24 11:47:51 IST 2002


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?

Conor
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