[NBLUG/talk] Re Installing kernel RPM update

Meg Holden megymonster at yahoo.com
Mon Jan 12 10:49:00 PST 2004


Thanks, thats what I had figured. 
-Meg
--- Mark Street <jet at sonic.net> wrote:
> Meg,
> 
> You are safe.  When you run updates the update program treats
> kernel's 
> differently than other packages.  Instead of UPgrading or Freshening
> kernels 
> the update program Installs kernels.  This leaves you with more than
> 1 
> kernel.  Again, make sure the new kernel works for you and Extract
> the old 
> kernel when you feel everything is OK.
> 
> On Sunday 11 January 2004 22:23, Meg Holden wrote:
> > FYI when I did the update, Grub automatically had both kernal
> versions
> > listed, so after doing the rpm -ivh blahblahblah it should
> > automatically come up in grub.  I assueed this was normal, or did I
> do
> > something to make this happen that I didn't realize?
> 
> 
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