Phil wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I used Mandrake Update on two machines tonight since it offers several
> packages to update.
>
> The packages I chose to update were: kdesu, kernel, qt, reiserfs-utils and
> xlockmore. A very long error list of KDE apps appeared and complained
> of needing libqt.so.1. Also received the error "package
> reiserfs-utils-3.5.9-4mdk (which is newer than reiserfs-utils-2.2.16_3.5.9) is
> already installed.
>
I had the same problem- use the '--force' option.
>
> After Mandrake Update finished (error messages were the same on two machines),
> the one machine that got the kernel upgrade won't boot. I sort of expected
> this to happen, just wanted to see if it would work. Should it have worked?
The Update does not appear to work correctly when upgrading the kernel with
reiserfs. Mandrake's webpage has directions that need to be followed when
performing the 2.2.16 kernel upgrade; however, before installing those rpms, load
the loopback module ('insmod loop.o'). Else the file itself will be removed using
the '-U' option or you will not be able to mkinitrd.
-matthew
