Have you checked dependencies? Upgraded your system utilities first? Try
rpm -ivh rather than -Uvh.
-Uvh will try to remove the old kernel and it's related files before
installing the new kernel.
-ivh will merely install the new kernel and modules to another directory
beside your old kernel.
I'm running a stock red hat 6.2 install, with the latest updates built
from src.rpm and installed _before_ I installed a new kernel.
It's now dual booting between 2.2.14 and 2.2.17, so you may have the
same luck I did ;-)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On 17 Apr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > hello pluggers!
> > i'm trying to upgrade my kernel from 2.2.16 to 2.2.17. When i do an rpm -Uvh at
>command line, it aborts installation and says
> > 'kernel-2.2.17....rpm cannot be installed'
> > how can i perform this upgrade successfully?
> > I'm using RH 6.2 kernel version 2.2.16.
> > any suggestions?
> > thanks in advance
>
> Try using --force perhaps? Or uninstall the old kernel first and then
> reinstall, easiest way I think. Or else just get an official tarball
> from a kernel.org mirror and use that instead (just make sure to remove
> the 'linux' symbolic link in /usr/src before you do so!).
>
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