Personally if i want a new kernel i DL the source and build it from www.kernel.org This is me personally. Take it as you wish. Rob
>> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Charlie >> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 2:21 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: [newbie] Update the kernel ? >> >> >> On Wednesday 05 February 2003 01:24 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: >> > Hello list. >> > >> > I just went to the Mandrake-Secure website. They offer an >> > UPDATE to the kernel to fix various issues. That's >> > strange, because I've always been told to INSTALL any new >> > kernel. >> > >> > Opinions ? >> > >> > Kaj Haulrich. >> > =========================================== >> > Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.0 >> > Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org >> > Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. >> > =========================================== >> >> Hello Kaj; >> >> I can't remember if urpmi was written to update kernels or >> install them, even >> though the /etc/urpmi/skip.list has the kernel written into it. >> Among other >> things. >> >> I do know that I always play safe; download the kernel and the >> kernel source >> rpms then in a super user terminal I do without the "": >> "rpm -ivh <kernel-version>.rpm" instead of the upgrade "Uvh", then; >> "rpm -ivh <kernel-source-version>.rpm" and; >> "/sbin/lilo -v" to add the new kernel. >> >> If something goes kerflooey (a technical term I'm intimately >> familiar with >> <g>) you'll still have a working kernel to work with. >> >> Just seems safer that way. But then I hate reinstalls when I >> screw up. That >> happens often too. <g> >> >> Regards; >> -- >> Charlie >> Edmonton,AB,Canada >> Registered user 244963 http://counter.li.org >> The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of a >> remarkable >> Christian forbearance among men. >> -- Ambrose Bierce >> >>
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