On Thursday 29 November 2001 05:36 pm, NDPTAL85 wrote:
> I heard the ability to upgrade the kernel had been temporarily
> removed from the GUI tools but that it would be returned someday.
> Does anyone have an idea on when? It kinda defeats the purpose of
> having automated tools if you have to manually download and upgrade
> something like the kernel yourself.
I'll offer more conjecture. I don't believe 'someday' will ever
come anytime soon. My basis is that package managers, CL or GUI
fronts for 'em, are for installing or upgrading software, not the OS.
The kernel is Linux, the OS. Everything else is just GNU (hopefully)
software, and some pretend files (eg, /proc, /dev) that it interacts
with and runs.
Sort'a hard to keep your pickup doin 70 mph ....
while you're changin motors ;)
--
Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA
>
> On Thursday, November 29, 2001, at 04:16 PM, Tom Brinkman wrote:
> > On Thursday 29 November 2001 03:26 pm, NDPTAL85 wrote:
> >> I'm trying to update my kernel to the latest cooker version. I
> >> have added cooker to my sources but I keep getting this error:
> >>
> >> [root@Dreadnaught ndptal85]# urpmi kernel
> >
> > I really don't know, so this is only conjecture on my part as
> > I've only experimented now an then with 'urpmi'. I suspect you
> > shouldn't use it for the same reasons SoftwareManager or
> > MandrakeUpdate should NEVER be used for upgrading a kernel.
> >
> > Try d/l'g kernel-2.4.13-11mdk.i586.rpm to your HDD and then
> > installing it with 'rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.13-11mdk.i586.rpm'
> >
> > Just betch'a it'll work flawlessly ;)
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