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

[Scott van Looy]

Today Paul Smith did spake thusly:

> On 10/30/06, Paul Smith <phhs80 at 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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