Around Fri,Aug 22 2003, at 01:03, Jason Dixon, wrote:
>On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 13:00, Kent Borg wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 11:40:25AM -0500, Otto Haliburton wrote:
>> > There were previous posting. His question was /boot is full. The
>stated. I just wanted to suggest that the "-F" flag *not* be used for
>upgrading a kernel, regardless of what Red Hat suggests. IMO, it's much
>safer to install ("-i") the new kernel beside the new one, reboot to
>test it, *then* delete the old kernel ("-e"). This way, you don't
>drastically screw something up before you realize it.
>
>Say, like upgrading your kernel which has custom wireless drivers
>compiled as modules... leaving you unable to download the working
>kernel.
>
I'd go a step furthur and keep the last kernel around for a while.
ie, if on 2.4.20-20, keep 2.4-20.19 until 21 came out. Just because you
can boot to the new kernel isn't a guarantee there won't be bugs later.
--
Roger
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