Updating kernel source with yum, How?

[Rick Stevens]

Craig Edgmon wrote:
> Graeme Nichols wrote:

[much snippage]
>> All these problems may be as a result of doing an 'upgrade' from RH8. I
>> tried to upgrade my laptop from RH8 to FC2 yesterday and it wouldn't do
>> it. Kept complaining about not being able to read the media when trying
>> to install the kernel, fatal error, bomb out. So, not having a lot on
>> the laptop to lose, and being able to copy it across from the desktop if
>> necessary, I did a new install. Went OK. No probs. However, the whole
>> appearance of the boot is different as are some other minor differences
>> on the desktop etc. Probably too much crap left on the machine after
>> upgrading from RH6.1 through the various releases to FC2. that are
>> interfering with things.
>>
>> Thanks very much for your help and patience.
>
> In addition I was having a similar issue. Durring the process I was 
> getting a lot of the same errors. I found this idea in an old thread
> I did : rpm --rebuilddb
> then I did the standard yum update and all my errors went away.
> 
> Not sure if this would help any one else.

Yes, it's useful--especially when you do an upgrade from RH7.x or 8.x
to FC.  Some versions of rpm did screw up the database.
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