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 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug