On Saturday 27 September 2003 07:18 am, vatbier wrote: > MandrakeUpdate shows a new kernel-source and kernel-doc but to install > the new kernel you have to use RpmDrake:Install Software. > MandrakeUpdate replaces the old kernel-source and -doc with the new > ones, RpmDrake must be used for the kernel itself to install it next > to the old one. > I thought that these three (kernel,-source,-doc) must be installed > together. If you want to update everything with MandrakeUpdate, you > have to know that if you also select the new kernel-source and -doc > you must run rpmdrake to install the new kernel. > Is this info documented somewhere for newbies? How would they know > that they have to install the new kernel with rpmdrake or rpm? > Because I only find these old links: > http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/kernelupdate.php > and http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/magic.php
The reason is you cannot upgrade the kernel, you have to install it. As a safety feature, the kernel rpms are designed to be installed alongside each other so you never end up without a working kernel. the kernel-docs and kernel-source RPMs are upgradeable on the other hand. -- /g "Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read" -Groucho Marx
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