John Aldrich wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > After one downloads a kernel update how does one install it to make it work?
> >
> >
> RPM??? RPM -ivh kernel*.rpm
> Then, go edit your /etc/lilo.conf to add the new kernel to LILO and
> run /sbin/lilo (one can NEVER run that TOO many times! <G>)
> After that, it should be safe to reboot.
> Please note that you should never REMOVE the old kernel until the new
> one is safely installed and tested, which is a good reason to run "rpm
> -ivh" instead of rpm -Uvh. rpm -Uvh would overwrite the existing
> kernels and your machine might hang on reboot.
> John
John ..........(or anyone) :-)
This is a subject that is of interest to me, as I guess it is to
everyone
expect experts.
I have compiled my kernel a few time but sometimes ran into troubles
and felt I just didn't do everything correctly. Like there were
dependencies
problems on boot up in one case. And this was just compiling the
existing
kernel, at least that is the way my memory serves me.
So my questions are as follows:
1....when installing a new kernel are all the "make" commands necessary
only if we wish to custimize the kernel to our needs. In other words ,
is
it the same with an existing kernel, no need to do it unless we wish.
2.........Also along the same lines when we use the Mandrake Update is
there
a need to do a compile using all the "make" commands unless for the same
reasons as above?
3.....As I recall regarding my recompiles of the existing Mandrake 6.1
kernel
the new bzImage and systemmaps were automatically copied to the
boot folder and therefore didn't require me to do that like some/all
installations of tar files did.
4.....If I want to retain the current kernal images in my boot dir do I
need
to do something during the process of upgrading other than redoing my
lilo.conf of course? Seems to me downloading tar files and upgrading
used to require renaming system maps to system maps.old or some
such steps.
Thanks
Larry
