Need to force arch for server install...

[Kevin Freeman]

On Sun, 2004-11-14 at 17:01 -0800, John Reiser wrote:
> > How do I force the install on the AMD machine to be suitable for the PII
> > machine, ie --arch=i586 ?
> 
> A PentiumII certainly qualifies as i686, so forcing i586 is not needed.
> ["$ grep flags /proc/cpuinfo" containing "cmov" and "cx8" means i686.]
> By default you may get an operating system kernel that is specialized
> for 'athlon'.  If so, then after the install finishes use rpm to
> --install the i686 kernel.  Boot i686, then rpm --erase the athlon
> kernel.  The kernel is the only .rpm that is specialized for athlon
> over i686.  [glibc is specialized for i686 over i386.]

Fedora no longer ships athlon-specific kernels.  The 2.6 kernel selects
optimal subroutines at runtime, and the Fedora kernel maintainers feel
that any additional benefit gained from an athlon-specific compile is so
small that it is not worth the additional maintenance headache.

Kevin Freeman