i586 to i686 upgrade
James Wilkinson
james at westexe.demon.co.uk
Thu Feb 17 13:15:42 UTC 2005
Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> You can replace the key packages (kernel, glibc, openssl) by hand. Boot a
> kernel that you don't want to upgrade, then "rpm -ivh --oldpackage
> --replacepkgs kernel-XXX.i686.rpm" and "rpm -Fvh --replacepkgs
> glibc-YYY.i686.rpm openssl-ZZZ.i686.rpm". Then reboot to your new kernel
> and install the i686 version of your old kernel if you want.
>
> The --oldpackage allows installing a package older than the latest. The
> --replacepkgs allows replacement of a package with another of the same
> version. You want to -ivh the kernel so you don't wipe out the one you
> are running.
>
> As always, be careful, and make sure you have backups. You might want to
> wait a little bit and see if anyone flames me to a crisp for suggesting
> this before you try it.
I'm not going to flame you to a crisp: I was planning on suggesting
that! But the Original Poster might want to try without --replacepkgs
first.
James.
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