Thanks Hal,
As so many times before, you have been a big help!
Steve
On 02-May-2000 Hal Burgiss wrote:
> On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 07:08:20PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Is there a doc that tells the proper way to upgrade the kernel. I've
>> never done this before but would like to as safely as possible.
>
> If you mean by RPM, this is on RH's website. Go to
> www.redhat.com/support (IIRC) and fish around. There is a HOWTO there
> somewhere.
>
> The key steps are:
>
> rpm -ivv <kernel>.rpm (note the 'i', do not use '-U')
>
> Use text editor and edit /etc/lilo.conf, and add a new stanza for the
> new kernel. Make sure to leave at least one, known good kernel -- just
> in case.
>
> Run 'lilo -v', and watch for sneaky little error messages.
>
> Reboot.
>
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