On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 08:10 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 18 February 2007, Ric Moore wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 10:26 +0000, Ian Astley wrote: > > > On 18 Feb 2007, at 9:41, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > This box is an i686 box, but for some reason I have i586 kernels and > > > > kernel-devel packages installed. I think this may be relevant to this > > > > problem. > > > > > > 'Morning, Anne. I had a similar problem: there is an error with > > > Anaconda in the installation of FC6. See, > > > > > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/FC6Common > > > > > > A Google search for > > > > > > i586 i686 linux kernel anaconda bug > > > > > > will get you a number of alternatives to read with your Sunday coffee > > > and croissants but they all say pretty much the same thing. I > > > performed this fix on my machine and it's fine now. I trust the same > > > will apply to your problem. > > > > This is the same problem everyone encountered, isn't it? From the first > > Fedora 6 install? Make sure you rid yourself of the i586 package or yum > > will faithfully update it. Ric > > I thought I had dealt with this immediately after the install. I wonder if I > matched to the i586, then somehow got an upgrade to the i686? Maybe that's > what confused the system. I think it might have been better had there been a respin on the install CD image as soon as the problem surfaced. We're still seeing users with this problem cropping up and that isn't good... when it could have been resolved way back when. That's my two cents worth. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
