switching from i686 to athlon

[jludwig]

This I never had to contend with -- upgrading with a new architecture.
But switching over with a generic kernel should not cause problems since
they are compiled to run on anything.

My guess would be rpm -Uvh --nodeps BUT the modules and libs may well
not be compatible -- this I do not know.

Can you compile and install your own kernel from source?
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jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net>