RE: Kernel Update - if it's not broke do I fix it?

2003-09-25 Thread Gerry Doris
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Billy wrote: snip... > > Then on the other hand, if I install the newkernel.rpm and something isn't > working right could reboot into the old kernel and run rpm -e newkernel.rpm? > Is there a chance that after the kernel has been updated that the machine > will not boot at al

Re: Kernel Update - if it's not broke do I fix it?

2003-09-25 Thread Sean Estabrooks
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:36:58 -0400 "Billy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the advice Sean...I am going to research the kernel updates > some more and evaluate the upgrade. I do have a question about the > kernel and being able to retreat. If I install the newkernel.rpm with > rpm -ivh it

Re: Kernel Update - if it's not broke do I fix it?

2003-09-25 Thread Reuben D. Budiardja
On Thursday 25 September 2003 03:36 pm, Billy wrote: > > > will installing the mew kernel with rpm -ivh kernel_new_zzz.rpm > > > (a) add the new kernel image to my boot loader (in this case GRUB) > > > (b) keep the entry for the old kernel in my boot loader > > > > > > I don't know of any other way

RE: Kernel Update - if it's not broke do I fix it?

2003-09-25 Thread Billy
> > will installing the mew kernel with rpm -ivh kernel_new_zzz.rpm > > (a) add the new kernel image to my boot loader (in this case GRUB) > > (b) keep the entry for the old kernel in my boot loader > > > > I don't know of any other way to be able to "retreat" if for some reason > > the new kernel

RE: Kernel Update - if it's not broke do I fix it?

2003-09-25 Thread Stewart M. Ives
ginal Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sean Estabrooks > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 2:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Kernel Update - if it's not broke do I fix it? > > > On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:18:46 -0400 > &qu

Re: Kernel Update - if it's not broke do I fix it?

2003-09-25 Thread Sean Estabrooks
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:38:10 -0400 "Jason Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have the same problem, but my further questions are: > > will installing the mew kernel with rpm -ivh kernel_new_zzz.rpm > (a) add the new kernel image to my boot loader (in this case GRUB) > (b) keep the entry for t

RE: Kernel Update - if it's not broke do I fix it?

2003-09-25 Thread Jason Murray
ot;retreat" if for some reason the new kernel does not boot... Thanks, Jason -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sean Estabrooks Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 2:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Kernel Update - if it's not bro

Re: Kernel Update - if it's not broke do I fix it?

2003-09-25 Thread Sean Estabrooks
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:18:46 -0400 "Billy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a 7.3 server running Apache, PHP, MySQL, and WU-FTP. I of > course keep all of those packages updated since I have to have most of > the ports open in the firewall to use them. However, I have not upgrade > the ke

Kernel Update - if it's not broke do I fix it?

2003-09-25 Thread Billy
Howdy, I have a 7.3 server running Apache, PHP, MySQL, and WU-FTP. I of course keep all of those packages updated since I have to have most of the ports open in the firewall to use them. However, I have not upgrade the kernel since the install about a year ago. It is version 2.4.18-3. I ha

Re: rebooting after kernel update

2003-08-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am running 7.2 but I think this version uses GRUB. The new kernel shows up when I list the kernels but for some reason it is now hanging if I don't have the keyboard/mouse hooked up. It didn't do that before. It does run fine after I remove the keyboard and mouse. Any ideas? Mark On Saturday

Re: rebooting after kernel update

2003-08-23 Thread Stuart Sears
On Saturday 23 August 2003 17:33, I thought I heard [EMAIL PROTECTED] say > Sorry, I'm new to linux and command line. What is lilo.conf and what > does running lilo do and how do I run it? which version of RH are you running? RH8/9 use GRUB as a bootloader and installing a new kernel rpm should

Re: rebooting after kernel update

2003-08-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sorry, I'm new to linux and command line. What is lilo.conf and what does running lilo do and how do I run it? On Friday, August 22, 2003, at 09:54 PM, Res wrote: On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everytime I reboot after I update the kernel using "up2date -u -f" the machine won't

Re: rebooting after kernel update

2003-08-22 Thread Res
On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Everytime I reboot after I update the kernel using "up2date -u -f" the > machine won't restart, or I should say it hangs on restart. When I tell > it to reboot I do "shutdown -r now". you are checking lilo.conf and runing lilo first arent you? --

rebooting after kernel update

2003-08-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Everytime I reboot after I update the kernel using "up2date -u -f" the machine won't restart, or I should say it hangs on restart. When I tell it to reboot I do "shutdown -r now". It's a pain when I do this remotely and then have to drive 30 miles to fix it. When I see it at its location it look

RE: kernel update and grub

2003-08-21 Thread Otto Haliburton
oblem. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert C. Paulsen Jr. > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 9:28 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: kernel update and grub > > On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 08:54:09AM

Re: kernel update and grub

2003-08-21 Thread Robert C. Paulsen Jr.
t; To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: kernel update and grub > > > > hi! > > > > Just got word about the new kernel update, but when looking in my logs > > for the update, I just see an errormessage about "not enough space on > > /boot". This most pr

RE: kernel update and grub

2003-08-21 Thread Otto Haliburton
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Asbjorn Hoiland Aarrestad > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 4:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: kernel update and grub > > hi! > > Just got word ab

Re: kernel update and grub

2003-08-21 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 11:17:48 +0200, Asbjorn Hoiland Aarrestad wrote: > Just got word about the new kernel update, but when looking in my logs > for the update, I just see an errormessage about "not enough space on > /boot".

Re: kernel update and grub

2003-08-21 Thread Andre ten Bohmer
> >>Just got word about the new kernel update, but when looking in my logs > >>for the update, I just see an errormessage about "not enough space on > >>/boot". This most probably because I have been installing a couple of > >>kernel updates automatic

Re: kernel update and grub

2003-08-21 Thread Asbjorn Hoiland Aarrestad
Andre ten Bohmer wrote: Hello, Just got word about the new kernel update, but when looking in my logs for the update, I just see an errormessage about "not enough space on /boot". This most probably because I have been installing a couple of kernel updates automatically using up

Re: kernel update and grub

2003-08-21 Thread Andre ten Bohmer
Hello, > Just got word about the new kernel update, but when looking in my logs > for the update, I just see an errormessage about "not enough space on > /boot". This most probably because I have been installing a couple of > kernel updates automatically using up2date, and

kernel update and grub

2003-08-21 Thread Asbjorn Hoiland Aarrestad
hi! Just got word about the new kernel update, but when looking in my logs for the update, I just see an errormessage about "not enough space on /boot". This most probably because I have been installing a couple of kernel updates automatically using up2date, and never deleted anythin

kernel update (2.4.20-13 & 18) missing files (binfmt_coff.o)

2003-07-16 Thread Chris
When I updated the kernel to 2.4.20-13.8 and then to 2.4.20-18.8, the file /lib/modules/2.4.20*/kernel/fs/binfmt_coff.o is missing. I tried copying the one from the previous version that had it, but it's not compatible. How do I get this file? -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[E

Audio Problem with latest Kernel Update

2003-06-27 Thread Arindam Dey
about a few days back RH released the kernel update linux-2.4.20-18.9 which I dutifully applied and as warned rebooted the PC to test the latest update. But using this kernel I am unable to play any sound. Initially I thought that the problem was with the sound settings and tried playing with the

Re: Trying again: kernel update for 7.3 is 2.4.20*, not 2.4.18*

2003-06-07 Thread mark
> From: MKlinke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 16:48:03 +0100 > On Saturday 07 June 2003 16:01, mark wrote: > > Asking again: RH 7.3 kernel updates have all been 2.4.18-*. The new > > kernel update, announced several days ago, is 2.4.20, which I have &g

Re: Trying again: kernel update for 7.3 is 2.4.20*, not 2.4.18*

2003-06-07 Thread MKlinke
On Saturday 07 June 2003 16:01, mark wrote: > Asking again: RH 7.3 kernel updates have all been 2.4.18-*. The new > kernel update, announced several days ago, is 2.4.20, which I have > associated with RH8. Does anyone know if this is the correct updated > kernel for 7.3? > >

Trying again: kernel update for 7.3 is 2.4.20*, not 2.4.18*

2003-06-07 Thread mark
Asking again: RH 7.3 kernel updates have all been 2.4.18-*. The new kernel update, announced several days ago, is 2.4.20, which I have associated with RH8. Does anyone know if this is the correct updated kernel for 7.3? mark -- "One of the penalties for refusing to participa

RE: Latest Kernel update hosed me....

2003-03-28 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 08:11:51AM -0800, Burke, Thomas G. wrote: >> Well, now I know. I always assumed the fileutils were statically >> linked, as there's so many situations where you need them & the >> libs may not be available. I'll bet there's s

Re: Latest Kernel update hosed me....

2003-03-28 Thread Ed Wilts
On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 08:11:51AM -0800, Burke, Thomas G. wrote: > Well, now I know. I always assumed the fileutils were statically > linked, as there's so many situations where you need them & the libs > may not be available. I'll bet there's static-linked ones out there, > somewhere... Oh wel

Re: Latest Kernel update hosed me....

2003-03-28 Thread Ed Wilts
On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 05:24:43AM -0800, Burke, Thomas G. wrote: > Installed the latest kernel & (I think glibc) updates for 6.2. > Rebooted machine. Kernel starts to load: beepbeepbeepbeepbeep (ad > nauseum)... > > "well shit," I think. I'll just R^2 the kernel & glibc stuff & > reinstall the

Latest Kernel update hosed me....

2003-03-28 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Well, the subject says it all... Installed the latest kernel & (I think glibc) updates for 6.2. Rebooted machine. Kernel starts to load: beepbeepbeepbeepbeep (ad nauseum)... "well shit," I think. I'll just R^2 the kernel & glibc stuff & reinstall

Re: Out of Disk PSace to Insatll Kernel Update

2003-03-21 Thread Samuel Flory
Robert Love wrote: Thank you! Ben and Irwin I used RPM to remove some of the previous kernals then was able to run up2date -u to get the latest kernal :-) Did not want to remove anything to do with the kernal, if I did not know it was going to be safe. In general it's safe to uninstall a

Re: Out of Disk PSace to Insatll Kernel Update

2003-03-21 Thread Robert Love
- From: "Ben Russo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 4:18 PM Subject: Re: Out of Disk PSace to Insatll Kernel Update > Same here, I rpm -e all kernel-* rpms except the most recent two. > I've never had a problem with it.

Re: Out of Disk PSace to Insatll Kernel Update

2003-03-21 Thread Ben Russo
have any ideas on how to resolve this problem? Note: I have all of the other up2date upgrade/patch packages installed. So I am current with the exception of this Kernel Update. Thank You Robert Love -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redha

Re: Out of Disk PSace to Insatll Kernel Update

2003-03-21 Thread irwin
or Up2Date? > > If it is not safe to remove the previous kernels does anyone have any > ideas on how to resolve this problem? > > Note: I have all of the other up2date upgrade/patch packages installed. > So I am current with the exception of this Kernel Update. > > Thank You > Robert Love -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Out of Disk PSace to Insatll Kernel Update

2003-03-21 Thread Robert Love
.   If so is it recommended to do this through RPM or Up2Date?   If it is not safe to remove the previous kernels does anyone have any ideas on how to resolve this problem?   Note: I have all of the other up2date upgrade/patch packages installed.So I am current with the exception of this Kernel

Re: Kernel update question

2003-01-22 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 11:50:26AM -0600, John H. Clark, III wrote: > > What is the right way to remove old kernel image and configuration files > from the boot partition? rpm -q kernel will list all the kernels that are currently installed. You can then remove all but the one you are running. Tha

Kernel update question

2003-01-22 Thread John H. Clark, III
The up2date automatic update agent has filled up my boot partition.   What is the right way to remove old kernel image and configuration files from the boot partition?   Thanks for your help, John Clark

missing .IMG file after kernel update via up2date

2002-12-16 Thread Douglas, Stuart
Title: missing .IMG file after kernel update via up2date Hello, My system is using an ATA133 controller for the sole drive in the box and after I ran up2date and upgraded the kernel, I get a kernel panic error on reboot.  I booted up with the previous kernel and looked at the lilo.conf

Re: Kernel Update: puzzling ls

2002-10-22 Thread Ernest E Vogelsinger
At 11:48 22.10.2002, Emmanuel Seyman and Nick Lindsell said: [snip] >You don't. >You have a vmlinux-2.4.18-17.7.xsmp file and a vmlinuz-2.4.18-17.7.xsmp >one (same as the previous one but compressed). >You can't have two files with the same name in the same

Re: Kernel Update: puzzling ls

2002-10-22 Thread Nick Lindsell
At 11:33 22/10/2002 +0200, you wrote: Hmm - I failed to visit /etc/grub.conf... sorry for the noise before, of course grub.conf points to the correct images. One question remains though - how come that I have 2 (!) vmlinuz-2.4.18-17.7.xsmp files in /boot? One is vmlinuX, the other is vmlinuZ -

Re: Kernel Update: puzzling ls

2002-10-22 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 11:33:31AM +0200, Ernest E Vogelsinger wrote: > > One question remains though - how come that I have 2 (!) > vmlinuz-2.4.18-17.7.xsmp files in /boot? You don't. You have a vmlinux-2.4.18-17.7.xsmp file and a vmlinuz-2.4.18-17.7.xsmp one (same as the previous one but compre

Re: Kernel Update: puzzling ls

2002-10-22 Thread Ernest E Vogelsinger
Hmm - I failed to visit /etc/grub.conf... sorry for the noise before, of course grub.conf points to the correct images. One question remains though - how come that I have 2 (!) vmlinuz-2.4.18-17.7.xsmp files in /boot? Thx, >O Ernest E. Vogelsinger (\)ICQ# 13394035 ^ -

Kernel Update: puzzling ls

2002-10-22 Thread Ernest E Vogelsinger
Hi list, maybe some kernel guru can shed a light on this. Yesterday night I ran up2date for the new kernel patch on our dual processor machine. Now, the System.map points to the new kernel map, I have 2 (!) entries for vmlinuz-2.4.18-17.7.xsmp, and module-info and vmlinuz are still linked to 2.4.

RE: Kernel update

2002-07-30 Thread pwitting
ck and dirty, but thats the framework -Original Message- From: Christian Fredrickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 12:03 PM To: RedHat Subject: Kernel update I am running RedHat 7.3 on a VA Linux FullOn 2250 server. It has a Mylex DAC960 A150 RAID controller.

Kernel update

2002-07-30 Thread Christian Fredrickson
I am running RedHat 7.3 on a VA Linux FullOn 2250 server. It has a Mylex DAC960 A150 RAID controller. Now RedHat ships with a driver, but my system hangs when loading the driver. I have booted into "rescue" mode from the CD and I want to install the updated driver and patch for the Mylex card, how

Re: Kernel update using up2date

2002-06-18 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 18 June 2002 02:11 pm, Tomás García Ferrari wrote: > Did you have to manually config lilo? This is what I'm having now (on a > machine running RH 7.3 and doing the first kernel upgrade since > install): > > [root@server root]# rpm -qa |

Re: Kernel update using up2date

2002-06-18 Thread Tomás García Ferrari
Did you have to manually config lilo? This is what I'm having now (on a machine running RH 7.3 and doing the first kernel upgrade since install): [root@server root]# rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-2.4.18-3 kernel-2.4.18-4 [root@server root]# rpm -q lilo lilo-21.4.4-14 [root@

Re: kernel update

2002-03-13 Thread Bret Hughes
On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 10:15, Jack Bowling wrote: > ** Reply to message from Bret Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 13 Mar > 2002 09:50:39 -0600 > > Can be done from the keyboard when the boot listing comes up on the next boot. > Otherwise, just go into grub.conf and change the "default" line. >

Re: kernel update

2002-03-13 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Bret Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 13 Mar 2002 09:50:39 -0600 > On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 01:54, Jack Bowling wrote: > > ** Reply to message from "Maynard B. Fernando" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 13 >Mar 2002 15:39:51 +0800 > > > > > > > to all, > > > > > > i upgrad

Re: kernel update

2002-03-13 Thread Bret Hughes
On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 01:54, Jack Bowling wrote: > ** Reply to message from "Maynard B. Fernando" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 13 Mar >2002 15:39:51 +0800 > > > > to all, > > > > i upgraded kernel to its latest version then i found out > > that GRUB is present instead of LILO... i'm not famili

Re: Re: kernel update

2002-03-12 Thread maynard
h 13, 2002 3:54:49 PM To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: kernel update > ** Reply to message from "Maynard B. Fernando" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 13 Mar 2002 15:39:51 +0800 > > > > to all, > > > > i upgraded kernel to its latest versio

Re: kernel update

2002-03-12 Thread Mark Bradbury
On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 17:24, Jack Bowling wrote: > ** Reply to message from "Maynard B. Fernando" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 13 Mar >2002 15:39:51 +0800 > > > > to all, > > > > i upgraded kernel to its latest version then i found out > > that GRUB is present instead of LILO... i'm not familia

Re: kernel update

2002-03-12 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from "Maynard B. Fernando" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 13 Mar 2002 15:39:51 +0800 > to all, > > i upgraded kernel to its latest version then i found out > that GRUB is present instead of LILO... i'm not familiar > with it... in LILO, i just edit /etc/lilo.conf and run lilo.

kernel update

2002-03-12 Thread Maynard B. Fernando
to all, i upgraded kernel to its latest version then i found out that GRUB is present instead of LILO... i'm not familiar with it... in LILO, i just edit /etc/lilo.conf and run lilo... what will i do? im sure i'll get error when the machine gets started!!! tia Maynard B. Fernando Tel. Nos.: 632

Re: kernel update solved

2002-03-12 Thread Maynard B. Fernando
i solved this already (yesterday).. i re-install RH7.2 and repeat the same steps in updating the kernel then it worked fine! WEIRD :-) - Original Message - From: "Mike Burger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 4:26 PM Subj

Re: kernel update

2002-03-12 Thread Mike Burger
Wen you updated the lilo.conf file, did you remember to run lilo, to apply the changes to the boot sector? On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Maynard B. Fernando wrote: > to all, > > i update my kernel version to 2.4.9-31 but when i > got the 'CRC error' when i reboot the machine... > > note: the update wa

Re: kernel update

2002-03-11 Thread Maynard B. Fernando
what version of kernel you recommended most? - Original Message - From: "Statux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 1:17 PM Subject: Re: kernel update > CRC errors happen a lot now adays. I usually either reset th

Re: kernel update

2002-03-11 Thread Statux
CRC errors happen a lot now adays. I usually either reset the system or write BIOS settings out (depending on where the CRC error is occuring). On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Maynard B. Fernando wrote: > to all, > > i update my kernel version to 2.4.9-31 but when i > got the 'CRC error' when i reboot th

kernel update

2002-03-11 Thread Maynard B. Fernando
to all, i update my kernel version to 2.4.9-31 but when i got the 'CRC error' when i reboot the machine... note: the update was successful and i changed the lilo.conf to its new version where/what was my fault? TIA :-) Maynard B. Fernando Tel. Nos.: 632.840.0881 / 632.840.0882 http://w

Kernel update questions

2001-01-20 Thread Bob Hartung
Hi all, A couple of questions about moving to 2.4.0-1 Current config: RH 7 with all updates and errata: 1. I have kernel-headers and kernel source downloaded. 2. I have bin86 downloaded 3. Upon trying to install with gnorpm I find kernel-headers-2.4.0-0.43 already on the machine. This has

Re: kernel update RPM

2000-07-27 Thread Giulio Orsero
On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 18:47:52 -0700, you wrote: >I downloaded the source RPM, and I can build it fine, but the kernel >version is 2.2.16, ie. it does not have the -3. I noticed a number of >patch files in the redhat/SOURCES directory, do these need to be >applied, and if so which? I tried applyi

Re: kernel update RPM

2000-07-26 Thread Lee Howard
In general, the naming scheme is as follows: packagename-version.release.build-identifier Or something like that... everything in the -identifier field is for the compiler's information, to distinguish one compile from another (maybe to indicate the patch version?). Most people don't use that -

kernel update RPM

2000-07-26 Thread Rich Gibbs
A newbe question, I have just updated to the kernel-2.2.16-3 using the RPM, and that went fine, so I thought I would build a custom kernel, so I downloaded the source RPM, and I can build it fine, but the kernel version is 2.2.16, ie. it does not have the -3. I noticed a number of patch files in

kernel update

1998-07-03 Thread Mate Wierdl
I saw the updates for the kernel packages. So I updated---though I do not know why since the errata does not mention the kernel packages. In any case, the new kernel would not boot: it was looking for modules.dep in /lib/modules/2.0.34. I also realized that the new kernel package does not insta