The correct way to upgrade a kernel rpm is NOT to use Uvh but ivh; this
is so that the new kernel will be installed -alongside- the old kernel,
and in a pinch, you can still backtrack to the old kernel if things don't
go as planned.
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 [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
>
> ZeeJ
>
>
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