On May 4, 2004 04:35, Adolfo Bello wrote: > On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 20:12, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: > > Finally got updates working with 10.0 Official. I see a completely > > different list of mirrors now in Mandrake Update, so I guess they've > > finally straightened that mess out. > > > > I updated my kernel from 2.6.3.7 to 2.6.3.9: ... > > You can see that the initrd.img and vmlinuz links have been updated. But > > config and System.map still point to the old files, even though new ones > > have been installed. Also, kernel.h doesn't even have a new version. > > > > Now being my first kernel upgrade, and not knowing exactly what role > > these different files play, these inconsistencies scare me. What do the > > config and System.map files do? Why do I not have an updated kernel.h? > > > > Most importantly, is it safe to boot up to this new kernel with this > > configuration? > > > > Any experienced kernel upgraders out there who can help me out? > > Boot the new kernel. I guess those files and links are created after the > kernel is booted.
You were right, the other links got updated during boot. Whew! Thanks. I was a little unnerved about my first kernel upgrade, but it couldn't have gone any smoother. > If you have any problem, you can reboot to the kernel you are working > with now. Yeah, I was just afraid it might trash something (since those links were pointing to the wrong files, I thought it might overwrite something in the old kernel). My mind's been poisoned by the Windoze world (I keep rebooting when I don't need to, just to be safe :^). > Adolfo -- Ron Hunter-Duvar ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions expressed here are all mine. Rights to use these opinions are granted under the GNU GPL.
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