F11 upgrade i[36]86 to i586 Arch warning

drago01 drago01 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 29 16:45:47 UTC 2009


On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Jerry Amundson <jamundso at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is the subject necessary?
> Quoting the install:
>
> The arch of the release of Fedora you are upgrading to appears to be i586
> which does not match your previously installed arch of i686. This is likely to
> not succeed. Are you sure you wish to continue the upgrade process?"
> Answer "No" to abort process.
>
> It's odd enough that the installer is guessing - "the release of
> Fedora you are upgrading to appears to be i586" - that's not
> instilling much confidence is this already! :)
> To top that, "This is likely to not succeed."
>
> Anyone care to enlighten me as to will, most assuredly, succeed.
> That's what I would rather use....

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