Re: Upgrading from RHAS3 U2 to U3

[Chris Kloiber <ckloiber redhat com>]

On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 17:42 +0800, Loreto Casala wrote:
> Up2date is fine but if you want to test the upgrade you may do the following:
> 
> * Copy all the rpms from the binary CDs to one directory (except for
> the kernel packages): i.e.
> 
> /rpms-upgrade/
> 
> * On the directory where the rpms are, issue the command:
> 
> rpm -Fvh *.rpm
> 
> * Copy all the kernel packages in a separate directory:
> 
> i.e. /kernel-rpms/
> 
> * On the directory where the kernel rpms are, issue the command:
> 
> rpm -ivh *.rpm
> 
> --
>  Loreto Casala Jr.

You might want to consider doing that the other way around.
Move the kernel rpms *before* the rpm -Fvh or you will wind 
up Freshening (Upgrading) your kernel. (Bad, but not quite
"crossing the streams")

-- 
Chris Kloiber, RHCX
Global Support Services
Red Hat, Inc.