-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Monday, October 22, 2001 at 6:17:33 PM , Mike Burger wrote about "up2date and kernels":
> It might be possible, but it's not advisable...up2date will "rpm -U" the > kernel, upgrading it instead of installing it as an additional kernel > option. The problem is that the up2date/rpm -U procedure does not update > your lilo.conf, nor does it rerun lilo for you. > The best bet is to download the appropriate kernel RPMs, run "rpm -i" on > them, add them to your lilo.conf, run lilo, and then reboot to try them. > The point of that exercise is to ensure that you don't lose the capability > of booting your system with the old kernel, in case the new one doesn't > work for you. :) my problem was not upgrading the kernel, as I know how to do that, the problem is that the advisory text might deceive a newbie into believing that up2date will take care of it, like "setup.exe" :), so he forgets to modify lilo.conf. In this case, if he does mot have a bootdisk he's pretty much screwed (pardon my lang). The idea was that instead of soemthing like: <quote> Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. The procedure for upgrading the kernel is documented at: http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/howto/kernel-upgrade/kernel-upgrade.html Please read the directions for your architecture carefully before proceeding with the kernel upgrade. </quote> this part is ok, but read below: <quote> Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this to be an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. </quote> Now that is the tricky part.. Maybe up2date should be made to recognize kernel updates and act a bit differently, like modifying lilo.conf and rerunning LILO after that... - -- 11th Commandment: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's tag ______________________________________________________ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (MingW32) Comment: Member of the PGP-Basics, Encryption Help Team iD8DBQE71EhV8WBGNj3ut+0RAhPMAKDcuqEYnkKEDULJMsPFyI16qSiG8QCg1H9s Q0Rcz0dpb1zWwkwxnud279w= =Fp07 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
