> [...]
>
> > If the user is trained to visit Mdk's homepage for security notes,
then
> all
> > relevant information could be given there.
>
> So how do we train them? I'd like to think I spend the time writing
> advisories and posting them on MandrakeForum and the updates pages as
well
> as
> security-announce is for a good reason, but if people are missing out
> on these tools that have existed for a long time, then I'm at a loss
> as to how to educate them.
>
> Suggestions are welcome.
>
Here is NG article that gave rise to this thread:
Message-ID: H1Kj7.2880$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I tried upgrading my kernel through the software manager last night,
after
which the system wouldn't boot. So I had to boot from a rescue disk,
build
a new initrd.img, and then run lilo.
I suppose I was reckless; but back in my MDK 7.1 days, when I selected
the
kernel package in Mandrake Update, I got all sorts of warnings telling
me
not to do it that way. Fine. But when I selected the kernel package now,
in MDK 8.0, I got no warnings at all. I foolishly assumed that meant
that
you could actually upgrade the kernel from the software manager (nee
Mandrake Update) now. Well, not quite.
