Re: i586 and i686 kernels: which one is the best choice?

[Scott van Looy <scott ethosuk org uk>]

Today Paul Smith did spake thusly:

> On 10/30/06, Paul Smith <phhs80 gmail com> wrote:
> > > >> > How can I then *safely* replace the i586 kernel with the i686?
> > > >>
> > > >> I did:
> > > >> yumdownloader kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i686
> > > >> sudo rpm -Uvh --replacefiles --replacepkgs \
> > > >>         kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i686.rpm
> > > >>
> > > >> yumdownloader comes from the yum-utils package.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks, Lars. I followed your suggestion and now I have my kernel 
> > replaced.
> > >
> > > I, however, didn't. I saw this too late...I yum removed kernel then yum
> > > installed kernel.i686 and got a grubby error. Now my kernel doesn't 
> > appear
> > > at all in grub.conf
> > >
> > > Can someone tell me the proper way to get it back? Or if there's no 
> > proper
> > > way that doesn't involve reinstalling using anaconda, just paste me their
> > > one so I can modify it?
> >
> > Before Lars' advice I ran into the same problem that now you are
> > experiencing. Later on (I am too busy at the moment), I will tell you,
> > Scott, how to escape from that.
>
> Scott,
>
> Have you already rebooted your computer? Do not reboot it if you have not.
>
> Paul

Yup, I did. I might just reinstall...as I've not done anything yet to it 
cept set up the network...

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