RHEL5: Upgrades from RHEL4 give PAE kernels, fresh installs do not

tharbin · 10-02-2007, 05:01 PM

We have (mostly) Dell Inspiron 9400 machines. We moved to RHEL5 from RHEL4. Some of us performed upgrades, while others performed clean installs. Those that upgraded got the PAE-enabled kernel installed and set as the default. Those that installed clean did not. Why is this, when the hardware is the same?

WhatsHisName · 10-03-2007, 10:29 AM

Did you upgrade 32-bit installations, but fresh installed 64-bit?

Kernel-PAE is only for 32-bit OS, whereas I think your systems are 64-bit.

tharbin · 10-03-2007, 11:31 AM

Both upgrade and fresh installs were 32bit.