Re: Been carefully in questions about the kernel ..?

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Thomas Rump wrote:
> Please, could someone tell me which files / dirs i could delete, after 
> 'kernel-update' (2.4.18-19.8.0) seems ok. May be i've found these files 
> in '/usr/src/...', '/boot/..' and '/lib/modules/...'. I am so carefully, 
> cause in the past i have tried to update the kernel by myself, with 
> different descriptions and no success!
> May be a member of this list knows also an internet side which declares 
> or show a way how to update (manual) a kernel in a "Linux-RedHat" system?

Updating the kernel via RPM is pretty safe and easy.  Is the new kernel
now running?  Yyou can find the kernel version by using "uname -r".

If the system boots the new kernel safely, you can delete all of the
"initrd", "vmlinuz", "vmlinux" and System.map files that DO NOT HAVE
YOUR KERNEL VERSION from the /boot directory.  I recommend you leave the
version you ran BEFORE the upgrade, just in case you have to go back.

In other words, if you are now running 2.4.18-19.8.0 and you were
previously using 2.4.18-18.7, you could delete any initrd, vmlinuz,
vmlinux, or System.map files that do NOT have either 2.4.18-19.8.0 or
2.4.18-18.7 in their filenames, and ONLY those.  Don't touch "boot" or
any other file...just initrd, vmlinuz, vmlinux and System.map files.

You can also "rm -rf" any "/lib/modules/*" directory that doesn't
have your kernel version in its name.  These directories contain
the kernel modules (device drivers, etc.).

You may also want to clean up /etc/lilo.conf and /boot/grub/grub.conf
to remove references to the kernels you just deleted.

If you're at ALL nervous about this, show us your /etc/lilo.conf and
/boot/grub/grub.conf files, the contents of your /boot directory AND
the output of the "uname -r" command and we can guide you a bit more.
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