that worked.
not sure how i installed two kernels of the same
they were the "athalon"
On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Michael Schwendt wrote:
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> On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 12:22:34 -0800 (PST), Steve Lee wrote:
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> > i'm trying to clean up my rpm database and upgrade
> > to a new kernel. however, when i do a
> >
> > rpm -qa | grep ^kernel
> >
> > i get two of the same kernel
> >
> > kernel-2.4.18-19.7.x
> > kernel-2.4.18-19.7.x
> >
> >
> > when i try to delete one, i get an error
> >
> > rpm -e kernel-2.4.18-19.7.x
> > error: "kernel-2.4.18-19.7.x" specifies multiple packages
> >
> >
> > what is up with this. ?
>
> Probably two kernels for different CPU architectures.
>
> Run
>
> rpm -q kernel --qf "kernel-%{version}-%{release} is for %{arch}\n"
>
> to find out.
>
> Caveat: You could uninstall both packages at once with
> "rpm --erase --allmatches kernel", BUT since you don't have
> a newer or different kernel installed, you would be without a
> kernel. My recommendation would be to install a new kernel first,
> then remove the two old kernels.
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