At 09:44 PM 01/02/2002 -0500, Andre Dubuc wrote: >Well, I finally got SoftwareUpdate to work again. Browsing through the >updates I notice the new kernel 2.4.8-31.2mdk. Now, I vaguely recall Civileme >or someone else warning against updating the kernel through Update. > >I'm of the school "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" -- is this "update" >really necessary? I mean everything except AC97 sound recording works very >well. Would you advise that I skip this update? Is it necessary? > >I'm a bit confused by the additional kernel stuff that's included with the >update, i.e.: > > Kernel-source, kernel-linus 2.4, kernel 2.2 -- Do I upgrade all, or only the > 2.4 items?
-- These you do not have to install, since they only apply to kernel 2.2.x -- kernel22-2.2.19-20.1mdk.i586.rpm - main copy of the 2.2.19 kernel kernel22-secure-2.2.19-20.1mdk.i586.rpm - secured version of the 2.2.19 kernel kernel22-smp-2.2.19-20.1mdk.i586.rpm - multiprocessor 2.2.19 kernel kernel22-source-2.2.19-20.1mdk.i586.rpm - source for 2.2.19 kernel -- End Do Not Need to Install -- kernel-2.4.8-31.2mdk.i586.rpm - main (base) kernel 2.4.8 kernel-doc-2.4.8-31.2mdk.i586.rpm - kernel documents for 2.4.8 kernel-enterprise-2.4.8-31.2mdk.i586.rpm - kernel supporting over 1 GB memory kernel-headers-2.4.8-31.2mdk.i586.rpm - kernel headers kernel-linus2.2-2.2.20-1.1mdk.i586.rpm - 2.2.20 kernel, linus style (ie, no mandrake patches) kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.4.8-31.2mdk.i586.rpm - 2.4.8 kernel module(s) for laptops kernel-smp-2.4.8-31.2mdk.i586.rpm - multiprocessor 2.4.8 kernel kernel-source-2.4.8-31.2mdk.i586.rpm - kernel source for 2.4.8 HTH, Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems & Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida
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