It shouldn't make any difference to you whether you're at 4.0 or 4.0.1 prior to a "yum update" because after you do that, the system will be current, with packages even newer than a fresh 4.0.1 install. Just do that, and don't worry about whether your system is fully or partially upgraded from 4.0 to 4.0.1 first, because that will upgrade it even past the 4.0.1 level. The only thing to watch out for is that if yum installs a newer kernel, sometimes it will redo the bootloader setup with it, and sometimes it won't. I haven't yet found a way to predict when this happens. So, after you "yum update" everything, edit /etc/yaboot.conf (assuming NewWorld) so that it is pointing to the latest installed kernel and its associated initrd. At this time, that's the 2.6.10-1.ydl.1 version. It may be that no changes are necessary to the file. After examining and/or editing the file, "/sbin/ybin -v" for good measure. That makes the settings in the file take effect on the next boot.
If your "yum update" is not succeeding, yum tells you so. This is one of the reasons why making a "yum update" cron job is a very bad idea. One way to prevent yum from failing is to replace the download locations specified in /etc/yum.conf with a reliable mirror that isn't too far away. For anyone in North America, I highly recommend sticking with the USherbrooke mirror in Quebec. The default of ftp.yellowdoglinux.com is best not to use. Also, there were problems with the kernel packages for G5s. As a result, ASSUMING YOU DON'T HAVE A G5, you must remove those packages before you do any kind of yum update. You remove them by typing "rpm -ev kernel-g5" and "rpm -ev kernel-g5-smp" so that yum won't try to update them. On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 18:11:28 -0400, beartooth wrote: > Methinks my no doubt Very Dumb Question now becomes : So how do I check > what version of the OS I'm actually running? (Among other things, I've > actually had much poorer luck with yum under YDL than under Fedora -- so I > do *not* take it for granted that my nightly yum update will have actually > succeeded; and this seems a good way to test it.) _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
