Need to force arch for server install...
Kim Lux
lux at diesel-research.com
Mon Nov 15 01:32:36 UTC 2004
Thanks, John. Great reply. I didn't know the change could be made
after the fact. Lesson: never underestimate Linux !
What if I forced everything to i386 to start with ? Would it then run
on every x86 machine ?
We use removable hard drives for a lot of things are it would be great
if they ran on *everything*. Would an i386 kernel do that ? Would I
have to change glibc as well ?
On Sun, 2004-11-14 at 17:01 -0800, John Reiser wrote:
> > How do I force the install on the AMD machine to be suitable for the PII
> > machine, ie --arch=i586 ?
>
> A PentiumII certainly qualifies as i686, so forcing i586 is not needed.
> ["$ grep flags /proc/cpuinfo" containing "cmov" and "cx8" means i686.]
> By default you may get an operating system kernel that is specialized
> for 'athlon'. If so, then after the install finishes use rpm to
> --install the i686 kernel. Boot i686, then rpm --erase the athlon
> kernel. The kernel is the only .rpm that is specialized for athlon
> over i686. [glibc is specialized for i686 over i386.]
>
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>
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Kim Lux (Mr.) Diesel Research Inc
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