Re: uptime - updating the kernel

2001-09-16 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya... you can already upgrade the kernel w/o rebooting... went looking for the project name ... but could not find it in my archived emails have fun alvin On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, dman wrote: .. > | these machines are around: piper as a modem/fax server, and piper as a > | print server. work

Re: Updating the kernel via patches

1998-01-20 Thread Joost Kooij
On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, Joel Klecker wrote: > Regarding "Updating the kernel via patches" of 5:14 PM +0100 1/19/98, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >recently I tried to update my kernel (2.0.30) to version 2.0.33. I > >used the script patch-kernel (I hope the

Re: Updating the kernel via patches

1998-01-20 Thread Joel Klecker
Regarding "Updating the kernel via patches" of 5:14 PM +0100 1/19/98, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >recently I tried to update my kernel (2.0.30) to version 2.0.33. I >used the script patch-kernel (I hope the name is right) and the files > > patch-2.0.31.gz > patch-2.0.

Re: Updating the kernel via patches

1998-01-19 Thread Ben Pfaff
I remember that Carey Evans suggested some time ago downloading the whole sources for upgrading. Is this the only easy way? It is certainly the easiest way, and it's what I recommend for people who are inexperienced at dealing with patches. (However, dealing with patches is the only way to

Updating the kernel via patches

1998-01-19 Thread boeing
Hi, recently I tried to update my kernel (2.0.30) to version 2.0.33. I used the script patch-kernel (I hope the name is right) and the files patch-2.0.31.gz patch-2.0.32.gz patch-2.0.33.gz from sunsite.unc.edu. The update stopped after a short time with an error message, leaving me at

Re: Updating the kernel

1998-01-19 Thread Carey Evans
"Martin Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was wondering if there was anything special I needed to do to upgrade from > kernel 2.0.30 to kernel 2.0.32 (or 33 if it's available). Red Hat requires > an "rpm --install" to avoid overwriting the old kernel. Does dpkg require > this too? I've m

Updating the kernel

1998-01-19 Thread Martin Jackson
Hello all. I was wondering if there was anything special I needed to do to upgrade from kernel 2.0.30 to kernel 2.0.32 (or 33 if it's available). Red Hat requires an "rpm --install" to avoid overwriting the old kernel. Does dpkg require this too? I've made an honest effort to read the documenta