On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 10:40:54AM +0200, Morten Bjørnsvik wrote: > |From: Marcus Meissner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > |All other distros do the same as far as I know. > |Care to give an example where this is not the case? > > On our RHEL production systems we download the kernel > and then install them via 'rpm -i <kernel>' > Then it leaves both kernels bootable via grub. > The new "one becomes default" but in case of problems > the old system is only a reboot away. with a lot of > different 3rd party raid-stuff and disk kontrollers. > I would never have dared to update unless I know the > old kernel/drivers are available. > > If you upgrade (-U) you replace the old kernel. > > I seem to recall this was a part of the RHCE exam. > > Disks today are so big that there are very few reasons to > keep tiny /boot partitions so you can't manage several > kernels around.
Well, "rpm -i" of the kernel works for openSUSE 10.2 and SLES 10 too in this regard. What does Redhats automated updater do? Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
