Re: [Xen-users] Uname shows 64bits rather than 32 : yum problem. 32 bits on dom0 64 bits is it possible ?

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx> writes:

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pascal
>> Sent: 17 June 2007 17:43
>> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [Xen-users] Uname shows 64bits rather than 32 : yum 
>> problem. 32 bits on dom0 64 bits is it possible ?
>>...
>> I ask this becasue I have installed a 32bits guets but when I 
>> do a uname -a on the guest i have this :
>> Linux fqdn.domain.com 2.6.18-8.1.6.el5xen #1 SMP Thu Jun 14 
>> 18:01:24 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>> 
>> it looks like it shows exactly the same info than the dom0

It shows what it is supposed to show: The kernel you are running.
 
>> It is a problem because yum, on the guest, looks for 64bits 
>> packages rather than 386 ones

That would be a pretty stupid bug in yum then. I see nothing wrong
with running a 64bit kernel with 32bit userspace (as you do). That is
perfectly supported in Debian.
 
>> Si it normal ?
>> How to tell to yum to look for i386 ?

If yum really is so stupid that is uses uname then run "linux32
yum".

MfG
        Goswin

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