You will want to use rpm -ivh so that you have the old working kernel
installed still and the new kernel also. Just do not forget to change your
lilo or grub settings.

-Eric

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mitchell K. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 1:43 PM
Subject: RE: Failures on rpm -Fv updates


> So what happens if you update the kernel with rpm -Fvh ?
> I've done it that way and never had a problem. Am I playing "Russian
Roulette" with my kernel?
>
> Mitch
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Schwendt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 4:13 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Failures on rpm -Fv updates
>
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> On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 15:50:07 -0400, Mitchell K. Smith wrote:
>
> > You can't (shouldn't) do it that way.
>
> What way? Ah, quote at the bottom. ;)
>
> > Put all your update files into /var/spool/up2date
> >
> > This is the way I do the updates manually. Maybe someone else has a
better way but this has worked for me for several years.
> >
>
> Installing updates manually with rpm -Uvh or rpm -Fvh is a
> completely valid method. It is even mentioned explicitly in Red
> Hat's bug-fix and security advisories.
>
> > 1. determine which kernel rpm you need and get it from the appropriate
directory. i386, i686, etc.
> > 2. from the /var/spool/up2date directory, run rpm -Fvh kern*.rpm
>
> No! Don't install a kernel upgrade with rpm -Fvh. Use rpm -ivh
> and at a later point uninstall the old kernel.
>
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