[KLUG Members] RedHat 7.1+ and Athlon kernels -- WAS: RH7.2 X problem

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 13:19, John Bridleman wrote:
> So can I assume that when I did a fresh install of RH 7.2
> that it installed the athlon kernel? How can I tell?

Somewhere in the /proc filesystem is the answer.  If RedHat detects an
Athlon processor when installing RedHat 7.1+, it will install the
Athlon-optimized kernel.

"i686" is still reported as the "processor type" for compatibility
reasons.

> What's the safest way to reinstall the athlon kernel if
> it installed the i686 kernel?

First off, the _safest_ way is to install a _different_ kernel "version"
with:

# rpm -ihv --replacefiles kernel-(newver).athlon.rpm
# vim /etc/lilo.conf
# lilo

[ Don't forget to edit /etc/lilo.conf and re-run lilo ]

Otherwise, to reinstall the same:

# modprobe loop
# rpm -Uhv --replacepkg kernel-(samever).athlon.rpm
# lilo

The "modprobe loop" is so you pre-load the loopback device driver
_before_ you "overwrite" the driver with the new module from the Athlon
RPM (which will probably give you "unresolved symbol errors" on your
currently running kernel if you don't ;-).

-- Bryan

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