Too much to expect people to be that aware when lulled
into easy upgrades through the software manager. THere
should be a big red star or some other warning to
alert people to read the notice. Another possibility
is to have an install script that goes with the rpm's
and installs them properly.
rpmdrake would always read the scripts first....
--- Paul Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday, Aug 31, 2001, Andrej Borsenkow wrote:
>
> > Updated using Software Manager
>
> I really wish people would actually READ the update
> notice... the most
> important parts:
>
> ======
>
> NOTE: This update is *not* meant to be done via
> MandrakeUpdate! You
> must download the necessary RPMs and upgrade
> manually by following
> these steps:
>
> 1. Type: rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.7-12.3mdk.i586.rpm
> 2. Type: mv kernel-2.4.7-12.3mdk.i586.rpm /tmp
> 3. Type: rpm -Fvh *.rpm
> 4. You may wish to edit /etc/lilo.conf to ensure
> a new entry is in
> place. The new kernel will be the last entry.
> Change any options
> you need to change.
> 5. Type: /sbin/lilo -v
>
> You may then reboot and use the nwe kernel and
> remove the older kernel
> when you are comfortable using the upgraded one.
>
> ======
>
> --
> Paul Cox <paul at coxcentral dot com>
> Kernel: 2.4.7-12.3mdk - Uptime: 10 days 20 hours 3
> minutes.
>
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