"Matthew R. Sprague" wrote:
>
> If I want to manually upgrade to the 2.2.17 kernel from 2.2.16 and I am
> using reiserfs will I need to follow the directions on the Mandrake update
> page? Change the following from 15 - 16 to 16 - 17?
>
> Important: If you use ReiserFS, please don't forget to do as following after
> the upgrade:
>
> 1 If you used MandrakeUpdate or rpm -Uvh to upgrade, reinstall kernel 2.2.15
> from native Mandrake 7.1
> 2 Type: cd /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk
> 3 Type: /sbin/depmod -a
> 4 Type: mkinitrd -f --ifneeded /boot/initrd-2.2.16-9mdk 2.2.16-9mdk
> 5 You can now remove the older 2.2.15. Type: rpm -e kernel-2.2.15
> 6 Type: ln -sf /boot/initrd-2.2.16-9mdk /boot/initrd.img
> 7 Type: ln -sf /boot/System.map-2.2.16-9mdk /boot/System.map
> 8 Type: ln -sf /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-9mdk /boot/vmlinuz
> 9 In /etc/lilo.conf add: initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.16-9mdk
> 10 Type: lilo -v
>
> I also would like to know if anyone has had success applying the kernli
> crypto patch to the Mandrake 2.2.16 or 2.2.17 kernels? I keep on getting
> **** malformed patch at line 229:
Thank you! I didn't realize these instructions were there and I just
used them to update to the latest cooker kernel - worked great!
Mike
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