Re: Why are there only i686 and i586 Version of glibc and kernel? -- i386 is still around

[Leonard den Ottolander <leonard den ottolander nl>]

Hi Matthew,

> > A minimal install + xfce desktop should run happily on that.  Thats basically
> > what I run on my 48Mb Pentium test laptop
> 
> Yeah, except the installer won't run, making things a pain. Right now, it
> runs RH 6.2 relatively happily. :)

rpm --root --aid is your friend here. Either export over NFS or start a
rescue system from CD. Copy the rpmdb to the target system first, then
rpm --root --aid. Best use a system with the same version of rpm to
install to the target or you might end up with an rpmdb that is
unreadable.

Leonard.

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