background:
RH7.3
I was updating kernel from RHN via  ssh connection using
'up2date' when ssh connection dropped off BEFORE the update completed.

I'm assuming the 'up2date' and other processes started from this ssh
session also were terminated prior to completion, so, I wanted to
're-install' the kernel

the machine is:

# uname -a
Linux 2.4.20-19.7 #1 Tue Jul 15 13:44:14 EDT 2003 i686 unknown


looking on RHN, there are 386 and 686 kernels available:

---------------
Available Archs:        athlon, *i386*, i586, i686
...
Download:       
kernel-2.4.20-20.7.i386.rpm (12,671,436 bytes)  Download RPM
kernel-2.4.20-20.7.src.rpm (34,574,079 bytes)   Download SRPM

---------------
Available Archs:        athlon, i386, i586, *i686*
...
Download:       
kernel-2.4.20-20.7.i686.rpm (13,107,966 bytes)  Download RPM
kernel-2.4.20-20.7.src.rpm (34,574,079 bytes)   Download SRPM


which one should I be installing ...?
and, what should I do before installing, if anything ?



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also, is there a way to force 'up2date' to re-download something that it
already fetched ?

I tried

# up2date -f -d kernel-2.4.20-20.7.i686.rpm
# up2date -f -d kernel*
# up2date -f -d kernel

but it just says:

None of the packages you requested were found, or they are already updated.

Voytek Eymont
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