Re: Kernel 2.4 on RH 6.2

[Stefan Wold <s wold wineasy se>]

Hi Jeff.

If you had read my answer a little more seriously you should have noticed
I didn't mention on how to upgrade the kernel. I just told him what to
upgrade to "support" the 2.4 kernel tree. Thuz rpm -Uvh
modutils-x.x.x.rpm. I wouldn't ever use a rpm-kernel-update. A kernel
should always be optimized and manually compiled to fit ones need. And as
you see the old kernel will be saved this way. So before jumping to
conclusions please read it more carefull next time =)

Cheers
Stefan

On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Jeff Lane wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Stefan Wold wrote:
>
> > the kernelmodules. Check updates from redhat for redhat 6.2 and you will
> > found latest modutils, to upgrade just run rpm -Uvh rpmfile.
>
> That would be a Bad Idea[tm].
>
> Running rpm -Uvh when installing a new kernel (i.e. 2.4 in a 6.2 system,
> or even a 7 system for that matter) will overwrite your old kernel, and
> seriously fsck your module info and modules themselves.
>
> Install the new kernel with an rpm -ivh instead.  THis will install the
> new kernel seperately, and will not overwrite the old one.  This is better
> for two reasons:
>
> First, it doesnt overwrite your original kernel, so it doesnt mess up
> thinks like module information, and location, etc etc, so you dont end up
> with all these unable to locate modules errors on boot.
>
> Secondly, it doesnt ocerwrite your original kernel, so if you screw up a
> recompile on the new kernel, or the kernel you install is fubar for some
> reason and just dont work, or you decide later you dont want the new
> kernel after all, you still have your old kernel to fall back on.
>
> Cheers
> Jeff
>
>
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> 5++@ X(+) R(+++) tv+>-- b++>++ DI++++ D+ G++>++++ e* h* r++>+++ y**
> ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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