[CentOS] Yum not updating kernel
Bob Taylor
bob8221 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 26 06:39:28 UTC 2008
On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 00:19 -0500, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
> Bob Taylor wrote:
[snip]
> > uname -imp:
> >
> > i686 i686 i386
> >
> > Don't know why the kernel says it's an i386. Kernel bug? Gateway
> > purchase?
>
> i386 is the architecture, in there you have processor flavors
> which can be i386 (generic), i486, i586 and i686 tuned. C5 only
> carries the generic i386 (default compile options) and the i686
> tuned binaries, i586 tuned binaries are no longer being supported
> after C4.
What does this say my cpu is:
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 5
model name : Pentium II (Deschutes)
[snip]
> The uname output is valid for your install, the question now is
> why rpm refuses to install valid architecture binaries on your
> system.
So, my cpu is not an i686?
--
Bob Taylor
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