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<TITLE>RE: [TriLUG] Where can I find a current server for a Red Hat 7.1 box??</TITLE>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> Be careful of glibc and other updates that are compiled for multiple</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> architectures though. (Maybe that's what you meant by get rid of any</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> duplicates.) On Red Hat Linux 9, for example, if you install </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the glibc</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> i386 update on a system that previously had i686 installed, </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> your system</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> will be hosed. This is because the i386 glibc does not </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> support the NPTL</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> system that's used in RHL 9. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I don't think there's a similar problem in RHL 7.1, but you still want</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> to have the architecture-specific versions if you have an</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> i686-compatible processor (which includes Athlons).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>This is exactly what I am worrying about. I know that I need to get a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>latter glibc, and I want to make sure that I install the correct one.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>I have downloaded all of the glibc rpms, and I am trying to figure out</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>which one is currently installed. When I run:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>rpm -q -i glibc</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>it returns the version number of the glibc rpm that is installed, but I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>have not figured out how to find the architecture that is currently installed.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>The problem is that I have both an i386 and an i686 version of the rpm.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>This machine is new enough that I am pretty sure that I want to use</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the i686 version, but it would be nice to be able to verify that.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>In another message it was suggested that I just create a new demo</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>account at Red Hat. Right now this machine is saying that it is not</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>entitled to access rhn. If I delete the systemid file, and re-run</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>register_rhn, will it let me create a new account?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Once again thanks for all of the help.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>--matt</FONT>
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