-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 25 Dec 2002 08:03:57 -0500 (EST), Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> in my attempt to document some of the more obscure features of > kernel construction, i'm sure i'm going to ask the occasional > silly question, but here's the first. > > i'm assuming that, at installation time, the kernel is > installed from one of the pre-built kernel RPMs on the > install CDs, yes? > > on psyche, the results of doing a "find" on anything > kernel-related in the RPMs on the CDs came up with: > > ./1/RedHat/RPMS/kernel-utils-2.4-8.13.i386.rpm > ./1/RedHat/RPMS/kernel-2.4.18-14.i586.rpm > ./1/RedHat/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.4.18-14.i686.rpm > ./1/RedHat/RPMS/kernel-2.4.18-14.i686.rpm > ./1/RedHat/RPMS/kernel-2.4.18-14.athlon.rpm > ./1/RedHat/RPMS/kernel-bigmem-2.4.18-14.i686.rpm > ./1/RedHat/RPMS/kernel-pcmcia-cs-3.1.31-9.i386.rpm > ./1/RedHat/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.4.18-14.athlon.rpm > ./1/RedHat/RPMS/kernel-uml-2.4.18-14.i686.rpm > ./2/RedHat/RPMS/kernel-source-2.4.18-14.i386.rpm > ./3/RedHat/RPMS/kernel-doc-2.4.18-14.i386.rpm > ./3/RedHat/RPMS/kernel-BOOT-2.4.18-14.i386.rpm > ./3/RedHat/RPMS/kernel-debug-2.4.18-14.i686.rpm > > since the above output clearly represents the RPMs that came > with red hat 8.0, it's not surprising that there are a number > of pre-built kernel RPMs to cover the different possibilities > (i586, i686, smp, athlon, etc.) > > but no generic "i386" kernel RPM. am i misunderstanding > something here? what if i'm really installing on a true > 386? which kernel will i get? Minimum requirement is i586. :) An i386 kernel is shipped with the errata releases, though. :) - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+Cb470iMVcrivHFQRAoXeAJ9xX5V1rK88zJMzlny2vhoJOryE/gCeN1V7 mFrhkiacBe/NDKB+9G7XNoE= =le4F -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
