[Yum] "yum list" shows only a few package

[Jim Perrin]

On 12/11/05, Panu Matilainen <pmatilai at laiskiainen.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Dec 2005, Jim Perrin wrote:
> > O
> >>> 1. I didn't know of any distros that were shipping an ia32e kernel.
> >>> Curious
> >>
> >> RHEL 3 has separate x86_64 and ia32e kernels...
> >
> > RHEL 3 ships with x86(ia32) kernels, and x86_64 kernels. not an ia32e kernel.
> >
> > This would lead me to question why you have x86_64 packages on an x86
> > box, unless you're referring to EMT64 xeons as ia32e
>
> RHEL 3 x86_64 has both x86_64 and ia32e kernels. The ia32e one is for
> emt64, never mind the bizarre name...
>
>         - Panu -


Ah, that clears it all up. Haven't had a chance to play with them yet,
but from what I've read/heard, I don't think I want to either.

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Jim Perrin
System Architect - UIT
Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center