mkinitrd error, not sure if I can force

[Patrick B. O'Brien]

Red Hat Admin,

 

I'm trying to upgrade my kernel. There are dependencies. They are as
follows. The mkinitrd dependency is old; I'm on a later version. Can I
just force this install? What rpm flags should I use? TIA!

    

 

admobrie at listserv3:/listserv $ rpm -qa|grep mkinitrd

mkinitrd-4.1.18-2

 

admobrie at listserv3:/listserv $ sudo rpm -ivh mkinitrd*4.2.1.6-1*.rpm
--test

Preparing...                ###########################################
[100%]

        file /sbin/grubby from install of mkinitrd-4.2.1.6-1 conflicts
with file from package mkinitrd-4.1.18-2

        file /sbin/mkinitrd from install of mkinitrd-4.2.1.6-1 conflicts
with file from package mkinitrd-4.1.18-2

        file /sbin/nash from install of mkinitrd-4.2.1.6-1 conflicts
with file from package mkinitrd-4.1.18-2

 

listserv3:/listserv # rpm -ivh kernel*2.6.9-55*.rpm  --test

error: Failed dependencies:

        mkinitrd >= 4.2.1.6-1 is needed by
kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-55.EL.i686

        mkinitrd >= 4.2.1.6-1 is needed by kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.EL.i686

        mkinitrd >= 4.2.1.6-1 is needed by kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.EL.i686