John Aldrich wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Brandon Dorman wrote:
> > if I were to get that kernel, would the rpm format "compile" it for me and
>everything? Would it be
> > just like installing a program with RPM or still something beyond my newbies
>knowledge?
> >
> It's strongly recommended that if you use a binary RPM that
> you use the "i flag instead of the "U" flag. That way, if
> anything happens you still have your old kernel.
> John
>
There is a good HOWTO on exactly this at :
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/kernel.html
I have found it very helpful and warm fuzzy giving as I update stuff.
Bret
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