Respin FC5 install with updated kernel

Dave Jones davej at redhat.com
Mon Jul 3 13:07:53 UTC 2006


On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 07:01:52AM +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
 > On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 10:54:27AM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
 > > David Timms writes:
 > > >Sam Varshavchik wrote:
 > > >>It looks like 2.6.17 is the first kernel I can 
 > > >>boot on my x86_64 hardware since 2.6.13, which prevented me from 
 > > >>upgrading from FC4 to FC5.
 > 
 > > >>Also, it looks like FC5 has a unified UP and SMP kernel -- correct?
 > 
 > For x86_64 yes.
 > 
 > > >No. It has better detection of which is required, and the smp is more 
 > > >stable, so there is less chance that it wont work.
 > 
 > FC5 and even the latest FC4 kernels don't carry smp anymore for x86_64.

FC4 has been fixed now in updates-testing, that'll go live on July 5th.

		Dave

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