On FLP's kernel updates for RH8

[Michael Schwendt]

On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 18:37:36 +0200, Barbara Pennacchi wrote:

> I have another question which bothers me a bit more than the status of  
> yum/apt on rh8...
> 
> As I said some emails ago, I've downloaded by hand all the new errata  
> concerning my rh8 server, including the kernel upgrade.
> 
> it all went ALMOST well. Only the kernel RPM gave me some problems:
> 
>  - it didn't like the fact that I used LILO instead of grub.
>  - it behaves differently from previous RPM kernel upgrades: where
> I expected to find the older kernel sitting peacefully in /boot/ together  
> with the new release and its tag in lilo.conf moved down to something like  
> "linux.bak", this FLP's RPM somehow managed to wipe off the previous  
> kernel from /boot/ ....and mess up with lilo.conf!!! argh.

No. Don't install kernel updates with "rpm -Uvh". Use "rpm -ivh" to
install a new kernel alongside existing kernel packages.