RE: Can't upgrade to newest kernel

[John Walker <john jsw4 net>]

No, Karl-Heinz is right. You want to install the new kernel, NOT upgrade
a running one. (I did this accidentally one day when I was in a rush,
you'll find yourself running one kernel, thats no longer on the
disk...new kernel on disk, but does it work? ...it can be painful to
reboot<G>) 

Karl-Heinz may find the following useful, as it sounds like he's missing
something.
http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/docs/kernel-upgrade/kernel-upgrade-3.
html:

(Excerpt)
3.3 Kernel and Modules 

The final task to do with RPM is to install the new kernels. We do an
install instead of an upgrade as an added safety step. By not removing
the old kernel and
modules, you should be able to boot back into the old version if you
need to. Again on my example 5.2 machine, 

     # rpm -ivh kernel-2.0.36-1.i386.rpm kernel-ibcs-2.0.36-1.i386.rpm 
(end excerpt)

Later,
John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Colby [mailto:kevinc grainsystems com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 3:21 PM
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: Can't upgrade to newest kernel
> 
> 
> Karl-Heinz Schulz wrote:
> > 
> > I can't upgrade to the newest kernel using "rpm -ivh"
> 
> Shouldn't you upgrade by using the "-U" rather than "-i" option?
> 
> 	- Kevin Colby
> 	  kevinc grainsystems com