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 > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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. > > - -- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/DcjW0iMVcrivHFQRAuhMAJ90Letb6IqRba5GgDnnCZiGA6yxeACcDrWB > I+POe/A7Yg3lAa80xFsDl4o= > =00S8 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list