[rhn-users] RHN registering 64-bit system to RHEL5 32-bit software channel

[Emilio Escobar]

Brandon,
  Interesting output:

[root at hpb ~]# cat /etc/rpm/platform
athlon-redhat-linux
[root at hpb ~]# 

Can I manually change this and re-register the system?

Thanks,
Emilio A. Escobar
Assured Decisions LLC.
http://www.assureddecisions.com




On Dec 15, 2009, at 3:48 PM, Brandon Perkins wrote:

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> Emilio Escobar wrote:
>> Hi,
>>   We're attempting to run our product on RHEL 5.4 64-bit so we're testing it with a 30-day trial of this version. Whenever I do a rhn_register on the server, RHN assigns it the 32-bit software channel and not the X86_64. Is this a normal behavior for demo subscriptions?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Emilio A. Escobar
>> Sr. Systems Engineer
>> Assured Decisions LLC.
>> 10330 Old Columbia Road, Suite 102
>> Columbia MD, 21046
>> (mobile) 787-586-8437
>> (fax) 410-309-4966
>> http://www.assureddecisions.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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> 
> Can you please paste the results of:
> 
> $ cat /etc/rpm/platform
> 
> It should say:
> 
> x86_64-redhat-linux
> 
> instead of:
> 
> i686-redhat-linux
> 
> if you did install the x86_64.  x86_64 will allow you to install the
> i386 version of the software and you may be inadvertently running that
> architecture.
> 
> Thanks.
> Brandon
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