>>> "Chris" == Chris Smallhorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[snip]
Chris> Software requirements
Chris> 1.VMware host operating system
Chris> requirements glibc2 to glibc6 (glibc1 does not work) Linux
Chris> kernel 2.0.32 to 36 Linux kernel 2.2.0 and higher for SMP
Chris> systems
Chris> VMware will not run on systems that do
Chris> not meet these requirements.
Chris> Does this mean that I need to find a copy of kernel version
Chris> 2.0.32 to 36, or should it work with 2.2.9-19mdk? If I
It works with 2.2.9-19mdk. I've used it and I have only one CPU.
(I've also used it with 2.2.13-7 from the 6.1 release.)
Chris> only need to go back to 2.2.9-19mdk, is it easier to do an
Chris> "upgrade" install to go back to this kernel version, or
Chris> won't this work and will I be stuck with doing an install
Chris> from scratch? I don't think I made a backup of the old
Chris> kernel - if I did, I don't know where I put it. Is there
Chris> any way to find out?
Install or upgrade?
from man rpm:
rpm -U [install-options] <package_file>+
This upgrades or installs the package currently installed
to the version in the new RPM. This is the same as
install, except all other version of the package are
removed from the system.
Since upgrade removes other versions of the package, you want install.
BUT: ***** watch out for symlinks in /boot and /lib/modules ******
You ought to rm the symlinks, so when you install, the existing
vmlinuz, module-info, and System.map in /boot and /lib/modules isn't
overwritten.
Where's your old kernel (was it -19?)? It ought to be in /boot, if it
wasn't overwritten when you put in -27
What does ls /boot/ show? Here is mine:
$ls /boot/
System.map@ bzImage os2_d.b
System.map-2.2.13-5mdk chain.b vmlinuz@
System.map-2.2.13-5mdkBOOT core vmlinuz-2.2.13-5mdk
System.map-2.2.13-7mdk initrd-2.2.9-19mdk.img vmlinuz-2.2.13-5mdkBOOT
System.map-2.2.9-27mdk map vmlinuz-2.2.13-7mdk
System.map-2.2.9-27mdkfb module-info@ vmlinuz-2.2.9-27mdk
boot.0300 module-info-2.2.13-5mdk vmlinuz-2.2.9-27mdkfb
boot.0341 module-info-2.2.13-7mdk
boot.b module-info-2.2.9-27mdk
$
The symlinks are to the 2.2.13-7 stuff.
Chris> BTW, what does the -19mdk mean?
Probably that it's from a Mandrake distribution.
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