[rhn-users] Interrupted up2date when updating kernel

[Barry Byrne]

Hi:

I have a RH Enterprise 3 system which I ran up2date on today to update the
kernel. However, I accidently pressed CTRL-C just before the end of the
up2date process - all the kernels were marked as 100% installed, but after
rebooting I'm still on the old kernel. I presume I updated just prior to
up2date selecting the new kernel. I'm not too familiar with RedHat and was
wondering if anyone could suggest how I rectify this. If I run up2date
again, it thinks they system is up to date!

The four rpms are still in the /var/spool/up2date directory:

	# ls -1 /var/spool/up2date/*.rpm
	/var/spool/up2date/kernel-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
	/var/spool/up2date/kernel-smp-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
	/var/spool/up2date/kernel-source-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL.i386.rpm
	/var/spool/up2date/kernel-utils-2.4-8.37.12.i386.rpm

I tried running rpm -Uvh /var/spool/up2date/*.rpm
 but it told me they were all already installed.

Is there a config option I should change to select a different kernel, or
would it be safer if I try to uninstall these packages and run up2date -u
again? If so what command should I use to uninstall them.

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks,

Barry