Kernel architecture on install

Hi guys and gals,

I'm new to Fedora Core. Used Red Hat from version 5 to 9, but strayed when Fedora Core came out. I've been all over the Linux distro map since then. I'm coming back to RH off a Ubuntu stint.

In Ubuntu the update/package manager is apt-get. It was really simple to upgrade the kernel architecture on a new install... just sudo apt-get install (whatever was appropriate, such as linux-686). Really simple.

I started installing FC5 today around 11AM, and by 1:30 had worked my way through the FC5 guide at http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_cor...ion_notes.html . The one thing that guide didn't have was the method to update my kernel to the appropriate architecture.

So I fiddled with Yum Extender thinking it was pretty much like Synaptic to Ubuntu/Debian. it is. I found the kernel listed and to my surprise it said the kernel installed was already i686, which is what I need.

Is this right? Does FC5 install the right kernel per architecture on install? Or am I misreading something?

Thanks for your help in advance.

[steve1961]

Originally Posted by zerhacke

Hi guys and gals,

I'm new to Fedora Core. Used Red Hat from version 5 to 9, but strayed when Fedora Core came out. I've been all over the Linux distro map since then. I'm coming back to RH off a Ubuntu stint.

In Ubuntu the update/package manager is apt-get. It was really simple to upgrade the kernel architecture on a new install... just sudo apt-get install (whatever was appropriate, such as linux-686). Really simple.

I started installing FC5 today around 11AM, and by 1:30 had worked my way through the FC5 guide at http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_cor...ion_notes.html . The one thing that guide didn't have was the method to update my kernel to the appropriate architecture.

So I fiddled with Yum Extender thinking it was pretty much like Synaptic to Ubuntu/Debian. it is. I found the kernel listed and to my surprise it said the kernel installed was already i686, which is what I need.

Is this right? Does FC5 install the right kernel per architecture on install? Or am I misreading something?

Thanks for your help in advance.

To the best of my knowledge the default kernel in FC5 is i686.

Originally Posted by steve1961

To the best of my knowledge the default kernel in FC5 is i686.

Uh oh. What happens if I want to install FC5 on a K7 machine? Will it segfault everything on install?

[steve1961]

Originally Posted by zerhacke

Uh oh. What happens if I want to install FC5 on a K7 machine? Will it segfault everything on install?

I have this kernel installed and working on a k7 and a k8 box. It really shouldn't cause a problem.

[Firewing1]

FC5 is i386, x86_64 or PPC as a base, and has both i586 and i686 support in terms of i386 - Not to worry about the K7.
Firewing1