On Mon, Jul 28, 2003, Voytek Eymont wrote:
> ** Reply to note from Mary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 28 Jul 2003 09:41:58 +1000
> 
> 
> > On Sun, Jul 27, 2003, Voytek Eymont wrote: 
> > > what do I now need to reload the (new) kernel...? 
> > > reboor or what else ? 
> >    
> > Reboot.
> 
> is there any 'special' way to reboot to specify new kernel...?

Your bootloader needs to be updated, usually.

Normally, the act of installing the kernel RPM updates your bootloader
automatically, so I assumed that this was the case.

> machine says it has:
> 
> uname -a
> Linux 2.4.20-18.7 #1 Thu May 29 08:32:50 EDT 2003 i686 unknown
> 
> 
> looking in the /boot I have
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] boot]# ls
> boot.b                  lost+found               System.map-2.4.20-18.7
> chain.b                 message                  vmlinux-2.4.18-5
> config-2.4.18-5         module-info              vmlinux-2.4.20-18.7
> config-2.4.20-18.7      module-info-2.4.18-5     vmlinuz
> grub                    module-info-2.4.20-18.7  vmlinuz-2.4.18-5
> initrd-2.4.18-5.img     os2_d.b                  vmlinuz-2.4.20-18.7
> initrd-2.4.20-18.7.img  System.map
> kernel.h                System.map-2.4.18-5
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] boot]#

You are indeed, from what I can see, running the newest kernel installed
on your machine. Which version of the kernel does RHN want you to
upgrade to?

-Mary
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