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Robert Fox wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 19:13, Buchan Milne wrote:
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>>Robert Fox wrote:
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>>>I have in the past a bad experience upgrading the kernel using rpm or
>>>urpmi.  I would usually do an Upgrade install.
>>
>>Don't.
>>
>>In the past (when the package name for "kernel" was "kernel" and not
>>"kernel-version-release"), rpm -Uvh would remove the old kernel. But
>>this has been fixed long ago, and I have used urpmi many times to
>>install new kernels, without any problems.
>>
>>
>>>I currently have an updated Cooker machine, except for the kernel
>>>(2.4.22-6mdk-i686-up-4GB) which I want to update.
>>>
>>>What is the "recommended" method?
>>
>># urpmi kernel-p3-smp-64GB-2.4.22.10mdk
>>

>
> I did what you said but now look at my /boot directory - the
> "system.map" and "kernel.h" and "config" didn't change!!  i did this
> manually, but shouldn't it happen automagically?

kernel.h gets linked at boot (see /etc/rc.d/init.d/kheader), as are
System.map and config (see /etc/rc.sysinit).

Normally you want these files to match the running kernel, not the one
you just installed ...

Regards,
Buchan

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