On Mon, 09 Oct 2000, J�rgen Zimmermann wrote:
> Ed Wilts wrote:
> > I've run into several cases where a kernel update can render a grub-based
> > system unbootable. Since then, I always do the following:
> > # rpm -Fvh <kernel-sources, kernel-header, kernel-doc>
> > # rpm -ivh <kernel, kernel-secure>
> > # cd /boot/grub
> > # vim menu.lst - add my backup copies
> > # ./install.sh - this doesn't ship with the x bit on by default
> >
> > Since I started doing this a month+ ago, I've never had an unbootable
> > system
>
> That's what I do. But if there is a newbie with a "grub"-system,
> will he also do this?
Realistically, no. I wasn't a newbie either, and still got burned. A true
newbie will use MandrakeUpdate (or similar) and simply update everything,
including the kernel. I'm not sure how well behaved rpm -U is on a kernel
(and I'm not going to find out!)
.../Ed
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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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