Just thought I'd let you all know. I just crossed my fingers and ran with it. I didn't run into any problems. Upgrade went just fine. Thanks for the info....
Mike On Monday 18 March 2002 08:36 am, Brion J. Hase wrote: > I have updated the kernel 3 times now with up2date without any significant > problems. Like Mike, I use to always do it manually in the past. There is > only one problem which I have encountered. If you have manually changed > your /etc/lilo.conf before running up2date, you have to manually update > lilo.conf for the new kernel. After you add the new kernel to > /etc/lilo.conf, run "lilo -v" to install your lilo changes. > > Brion. > > At 06:05 PM 3/15/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >So my weekend project is to get my boxes up to date.... Last time I tried > >up2date and had it download the latest kernel it pretty much quit booting. > >What did I do wrong? I definately can't afford that to happen this > > weekend. Is there a magic command I needed to input at LILO??? These are > > primarily Red Hat 7.1 boxes.... And traditionally I do kernel upgrades > > from source, but once again my time is a little limited this weekend. > > I'd like to start this process in the morning..... Let it update it's > > files, and be ready for reboot mid afternoon with updated files. Any > > hints or tips for me? > > > >Mike
