On Sat Mar 22, 2003 at 02:29:55PM +0000, J. Grant wrote:

> I installed with rpm -Uvh, it still wiped out my other kernel in
> lilo.conf and /boot
> 
> eg
> 
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
>         label=linux-2.4.19mdk
>         root=/dev/hde2
>         initrd=/boot/initrd.img
>         append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi"
>         vga=788
>         read-only
> 
> 
> but in /boot
> vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk
> 
> So its still not working mdksoft, is this an known issue? Is anyone
> working on a fix for it?

Contrary to what you were told, *always* install a new kernel... never
upgrade it.  Use -ivh, don't ever use -Uvh.  That will give you a kernel to
fall back on if there is a problem with the new one.

Having said that, this is a good source for doing kernel updates of any
kind:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/kernelupdate.php

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