[NBLUG/talk] Re Installing kernel RPM update

[Mark Street]

Just to be safe.  Let's see what RPM has to say about what kernel versions you 
have installed.  We trust that the machine crashed when the new kernel was 
being installed and the whole package was not completed.

Do an     rpm -q kernel

tell us the output.

If it shows you have two or more kernel's installed ... which it will....

I would do an:  rpm -e kernel-2.4.20-27.7....rpm   Then do an: 

rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.20-27.7....rpm

If you feel daring....
NOTE, I do not recommend this when you don't know exactly what you are 
doing.... but I have done it before.

Do an rpm -ivh --force kernel-2.4.20-27.7....rpm

This will overwrite the partially installed kernel and not complain that some 
of the files already exist.  rpm should automatically UPdate grub.conf for 
you, check and see if it does after you do the install.

There are a couple of options to rpm that can get you into trouble and --force 
is one of them.  I won't say the other one....

On Sunday 11 January 2004 22:10, HarryH wrote:
> Thanks for replying.  I tried rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.20-27.7 and it gave me
> the multiple screen messages about file conflicts.  I assume this is due to
> the fact that this version is already partially installed.  I am currently
> running on kernel-2.4.20-24.7 and have a boot diskette for it in case. This
> is what I plan to do:
> 1. Do rpm -e kernel-2.4.20-27.7 to back out the damaged version.
> 2. Do rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.20-27.7 to reinstall it.
> 3. Update grub.conf to ADD the new kernel specs in addition to the older
> ones in case of an error.
> 4. Reboot to test.
>
> I have read where RH says I do not need the kernel-headers & docs unless I
> want to modify/compile the kernel - no thanks at this stage of my Linux
> career.  Also, I understand rpm will let force " --force[!=0x74] the
> install but I am concerned that it may break something given the current,
> partial install of the desired kernel.

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