On Fri Aug 31, 2001 at 08:16:12PM -0700, SI Reasoning wrote:
> 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....
The install scripts work properly. I've used it on 3 machines... my
workstation, my laptop, and one of my servers. I have yet to
experience a problem.
The problem may be with the kernel and your particular hardware (hard
to tell, but this would be my first suspicion). If this is the case
and the kernel doesn't boot, then having a fallback kernel (the whole
purpose to *installing* the new kernel rather than *upgrading* it) is
realistic and expected (thus the note in the advisory).
In light of the fact that it seems unrealistic to ask people to read
advisories prior to installation, I'm going to ask the rpmdrake
maintainer to have rpmdrake automatically reject any attempts to
install a kernel using it. Or, at the very least, have a
configuration switch that defaults to NO that suicidal users who wish
to force rpmdrake to do it can switch to YES manually knowing full
well the repercussions of doing so.
> > 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.
> >
> > ======
> >
>
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