From: Aharon Schkolnik (schkolnik_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Mon 07 Jun 2004 - 14:27:15 IDT
On Monday 07 June 2004 01:07 pm, Aharon Schkolnik wrote:
> HI !
>
> I just tried to install kernel-ntfs-2.6.5-1.358.i686.rpm under FC 2 .
>
> I received the error message:
>
> package kernel-ntfs-2.6.5-1.358 is intended for a i686 architecture
>
> Now, I'm pretty sure my machine is a 686 - it is a Celeron 1.3 GHz.
>
> uname -a gives:
> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.5-1.358 #1 Sat May 8 09:04:50 EDT 2004 i686
> \ i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
> uname -i gives
> i386,
>
> and the documentation says that uname -i gives:
>
> `-i'
> `--hardware-platform'
> Print the hardware platform name (sometimes called the hardware
> implementation).
>
Well, it seems that the uname -i bit is not an issue.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=pan.2003.10.28.23.07.54.148294%40127.0.0.1
states:
..I recently installed the i686 complied version of the kernel.
> ... it still reports that
> the hardware platform is i386 (when using "uname -i"). Is this correct?
> What version should it be reporting given I'm running it on a AMD Duron?
This is correct, from 'man uname';
-i, --hardware-platform
print the hardware platform
Other platform type include alpha, mips, ppc, sparc, x86_64 and others.
I'm still confused as to why rpm -i is giving me an error ????
> The kernel rpm I have installed is kernel-2.6.5-1.358, and
> rpm -q --queryformat "%{ARCH}\n" kernel returns:
> i686
>
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