On Monday 03 December 2001 13:04, Mandrake Newbie wrote:
|  Hello, gurus!
|
|  I was trying to change from my default runlevel 5 to single user mode
| (runlevel 1) using the command of:
|
|  # telinit 1
|
|  but I think, I hanged up.  What could be the problem with this?
|
|  I am using Mandrake 8.1, default kernel 2.4.8.

Sorry, don't know much about single user mode - I always boot to runlevel 
3.

|  BTW, I am planning to upgrade to kernel 2.4.13 (mdk.rpm) from
| speakeasy.rpmfind.net.  How do I upgrade on this?  Do I still have to
| change from my default runlevel 5 to single user mode (runlevel 1)? 
| What is more appropriate rpm command in upgrading my 2.4.8 to 2.4.13
| kernel, the rpm -ivh <package_name> or rpm -Uvh <package_name>?  If I'll
| issue the command of:
|
|  # rpm -ivh or -Uvh <package_name>
|
|  do I still need to configure or something or it will automatically set
| up?


Use rpm -ivh to install the new kernel alongside your current kernel.  

Check your /boot directory/partition to check that the kernel image is 
there.

Check /etc/lilo.conf to check that the new kernel is entered and has the 
same image filename as in /boot.  At the top of this file you can make 
your new kernel the default by replacing the current kernel's label with 
the new kernel's label.

Run /sbin/lilo

Reboot and select your new kernel to boot (if you didn't make it the 
default selection).  Enjoy!

skinky

PS.  You should probably also install the new kernel docs, headers and 
possibly source.  I do this before installing the kernel itself using the 
rpm -Uvh command for those ones.  Good luck.
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