On Friday 11 May 2001 14:05, you wrote:
> On Fri, 11 May 2001, michael wrote:
> >I am using 2.4.3-20mdk and want to upgrade to 2.4.3-27mdk.
> >I am afraid because of all I have read about "can't boot into mdk after
> >kernel upgrade... no initrd made " etc.
> >What do I need to do to successfully upgrade my kernel using rpm?
>
> Go to directory /boot
> make the link vmlinuz and System.map to your new kernel.
> #ln -fs vmlinuz-2.4.3-27mdk vmlinuz
> #ln -fs System.map-2.4.3-27mdk System.map
>
> And to finish use lilo
> #lilo
>
> Initrd is necessery when you need module at begining(boot on SCSI hard
> drive). In most of case, you don't need it.
initrd is necessary if you boot from reiserfs(and i think also from xfs)
Something what is also important is to do a rpm -ivh and and not a rpm -Fvh
or rpm -Uvh because than you keep you old kernel to boot.
