FC3: kernel-i586 vs. i686

[Erich Noll]

Hi,

I installed FC3 from the cd images I pulled from the BitTorrent, which 
all seemed to work fine and the machine seems to work well.  It shows 
i686 when I do uname -a (Compaq 5610, PII-350 Mhz).  After getting the 
machine loaded from the CD images, I pulled the updates for the rpms I 
had installed and rpm -Uv the updates, all is well.

My question has to do with the difference between the 
kernel-2.6.10-1.737_FC3.i586.rpm and the  
kernel-2.6.10-1.737_FC3.i586.rpm , both of which are now available on 
the update site.  I tried doing

rpm -Uv  kernel-2.6.10-1.737_FC3.i686.rpm

, but it complained about 3 files belonging to  
kernel-2.6.10-1.737_FC3.i586.rpm that I had previously installed.  If it 
would help I could get the names of the files but I suspect they're not 
germane.  I also tried rpm -iv but it complained about the same 3 
dependent files from the i586 rpm.

Finally, I tried to rpm -e  kernel-2.6.10-1.737_FC3.i586.rpm but it 
complained about (approximately 10) dependent rpms that I presumably 
would have had to -e then -i.

Would there be any (performance?) advantage to installing the i686 
kernel rpm or is rpm trying to prevent me from stupidly harming the 
correct configuration?  If there would be some advantage to getting the 
i686 kernel on the machine, how do I go about doing it safely?

TIA

Erich Noll