andre wrote:
>
> On Friday 11 May 2001 16:46, you wrote:
> > On Friday 11 May 2001 11:39 am, Blue Lizard uttered:
> > > Denis Artru 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
> >
> > I am upgrading initscripts from cooker 5.83-6
> > source, headers,doc and 2.4.3-27 all in same directory
> > rpm -ivh *.rpm ...doesn't work spews dependencies everywhere
> > rpm -Uvh *.rpm ....well, it seems to be working all packages installed
> > Going into the /boot dir I note that I have a red exclamation point in
> > front of and red colored letters in config and System.map
> > A config-2.4.3-27mdk is there as well as a System.map 2.4.3-27.The vmlinuz
> > 2.4.3-27 is there too.
> >
> > Do I need to run lilo now?
> > Can't hurt.
> > rpm -Uvh seems to have worked fine. I will reboot and see!
> > Thanks!
>
> you can do rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.3-27mdk.i586.rpm .This will be keep your old
> kernel intacted. After that you can just rpm -Uvh what is left
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This is definitely what I should have done. Next time, I will; for now,
I'll either try and fix it or reinstall. Or just put up with the buggy
behavior.
:-)
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