VMware server cannot run on FC6

[Paul Smith]

On 10/26/06, Frank Pineau <frank at pineaus.com> wrote:
> > rpm -q --queryformat "%{name}-%{arch}\n" kernel
> >
> > What we did was to download the i686 kernel and kernel-devel from an
> > http mirror, then
> >
> > rpm -e --nodeps kernel kernel-devel
> >
> > (don't worry about the grubby warning)  then added back in the i686
> > stuff we just downloaded
> >
> > rpm -i kernel*.rpm
> >
> > On reboot, the previously compiled module "just worked" without a
> > recompile, now it had an i686 arch kernel to get into.
> >
> > -Andy
>
>
> FWIW: I ran into this same problem on my computer.  Following this same
> procedure did, in fact, get the kernel installed, but it never updated
> grub.conf.  It removed the old entry, but didn't add the new one.
> Luckily, I'd been watching this thread and made sure it was set before I
> rebooted...

I think 'rpm -i kernel*' does not install the kernel (contrary to what
was expected), as the command:

rpm -qa | grep kernel

returns nothing (in rescue mode).

Paul