OK - but this will install, not upgrade, won't it? If so, I'll try it this weekend. Thanks
Anne On Friday 28 Mar 2003 9:27 pm, flacycads wrote: > I've never used urpmi- heard that it doesn't work good for kernels. > > What I do is download the kernel-2.4.21.0.13mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm and > kernel-source-2.4.21-0.13mdk.i586.rpm to their own directory in /home. > > You can find them here. > > http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake/Mandrake/9.1/i58 >6/Mandrake/RPMS/ > > Then I would cd to that directory as root, and type: rpm -ivh *.rpm > > That should do it. It will install and configure lilo, adding a boot option > for that kernel. You might read the mandrake kernel upgrade stuff if you're > unclear on this. > > Robert Crawford > > On Friday 28 March 2003 03:45 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > Thanks, Robert. I presume I need to add a new source to my urpmi to get > > these - could you tell me how to find the new source? > > > > Anne > > > > On Friday 28 Mar 2003 7:59 pm, flacycads wrote: > > > Anne, > > > I installed a vanilla 2.4.20 kernel and added a preemptive patch, and > > > it worked fine- all programs worked as before. I did lose supermount, > > > as it is not enabled in the vanilla kernel. I also installed the > > > mandrake 2.4.21.0 cooker kernel (now in 9.1) rpm with 9.0, and all 9.0 > > > programs still worked fine- no re-install of any progs needed. > > > > > > The rpm kernel install does the lilo mod automatically- that's what I > > > would try,until your 9.1 disks arrive. Also install the kernel-source > > > rpm. > > > > > > Robert Crawford > > > > > > On Friday 28 March 2003 02:04 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > Someone suggested that my camera was supported by kernels >=2.4.20. > > > > Naturally, I'm anxious to see if 9.1 will get me working. I've > > > > ordered my disks, but am wondering if I can install an additional > > > > kernel and boot from it with an additional stanza in lilo. If I did > > > > that, am I correct in assuming that I would have to get different > > > > versions of much of the software in order to work with it? > > > > > > > > It's a balance between impatience and common sense. If I am going to > > > > have to re-install just about everything I shall have to grit my > > > > teeth and wait <g> > > > > > > > > Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302
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