On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 19:39, Buchan Milne wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Robert Fox wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 19:13, Buchan Milne wrote: > > > >>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >>Hash: SHA1 > >> > >>Robert Fox wrote: > >> > >>>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
Gotcha - many thanks - very informative!! 9.2 is turning out to be one very nice release!! Thx, R.Fox
