"J. Craig Woods" wrote:
>
> At 10:16 AM 1/14/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >I would stick with the RPM's for enterprise class servers needing anything
> >near 24/7. While I am not overly confident in Mandrake's update RPM's
> >(almost toasted my machine when they forgetting to link stuff in the /boot
> >dir on a kernel update), this still is the best way to go. The main
> >reasons include:
>
> Hopefully, this not come off as pedantic advise but it may be time to
> reiterate this point. Over the many months, you will see instructions
> coming off this list that clearly state "do not do a kernel upgrade using
> Mandrake's update feature. It was good advise, and it continues to be good
> advice. One more time, all together now, "do not upgrade your kernel with
> Mandrake's Update Utility". It will not work.....
Good point!
Just to be sure everyone heard it, let me repeat it:
"Do not update your kernel with the Update Utility! It will not work!!!
I see this so often on this list. So to the fellow that is building
enterprise servers (congrats by the way on that huge victory!):
Do not update your kernels with the Mandrake Update Utility! It will
break them, and you will look very silly with a room full of broken
servers. Yes, it's easily fixable, and you may get the chance to look
like a hero when you know exactly what's wrong, and charge in to save
the day. Personally, I'd rather avoid the stress of having the boss, and
all the customers on the phone demending to know what happened!
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