[WBEL-users] updating the kernel

[William Warren]

i apologize for my atrocious grammar.

William Warren wrote:

> when i run either wbel or centos i jsut type yum update and it installs 
> the new kernel.  Then all i have to do is reboot. updating a kernel IMO 
> is not a good idea.  IF soemthing goes wrong you have no fallback.  With 
> a kernel install if it goes wacy you reboot and select hte previous 
> kernel and you are back up and running.
> 
> Kirby C. Bohling wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 10:56:21PM -0500, John wrote:
>>
>>> i downloaded the entire mailing list archive and have been searching 
>>> through it.  I could only seem to find a few references to updating 
>>> the kernel.  i used the techniques posted by 
>>> marcel.gsteiger@milprog.ch on oct. 6th 2004 to get yum working for 
>>> package updates.  (his edits on the two python files), however i 
>>> still cannot seem to get the kernel to update. if i type 'yum update 
>>> kernel' it still does not update the kernel.  perhaps i am doing 
>>> something wrong here?  i did not install X, gnome, or kde....i don't 
>>> see how that could affect anything but figured i'd mention it.  the 
>>> few times i tried up2date it would say to type "rpm --install (etc 
>>> etc.) which afterwards i would type and it would give me the same 
>>> message as if i never had typed it...
>>
>>
>>
>> John,
>>
>>     Uhhh, I'm confused.  I have done this on any number of machines:
>>
>> # yum update
>> It runs like a champ even when there is a kernel available.  Now,
>> one of the things it does is cleverly installs (not updates) your
>> kernel.  I have no idea what edits he made to the two python files,
>> but I'm fairly sure they aren't necessary.  You really want to
>> install new kernels not update them.  If something goes wrong, or
>> you do something silly, you want to be able to use your boot loader
>> to get to the older kernels.
>>
>> I'm fairly sure I've done "yum update kernel", but I can't swear to
>> it.  I did "yum update" earlier today when a kernel was available.
>> About the only thing I can think of if someone added it to the
>> explicit exclude list in "/etc/yum.conf" (I know old RedHat up2date
>> type utilities had specific configuration to exclude kernel packages).
>>
>> It would be helpful if you sent in the output of these commands run
>> as root:
>>
>> rpm -q kernel
>> yum check-update
>> yum info "kernel"
>>
>> The first one will tell the full version of the RPM package named
>> "kernel".  The second one will tell you what if anything yum wants
>> to update.  The third will tell you about the various packages named
>> "kernel" that yum can find.  It'd also be helpful to see the
>> contents of /etc/yum.conf if you have changed it from the RPM'ed
>> version.
>>
>> That at least should start go generate enough clues to start to
>> diagnose the problem. 
>>     Thanks,
>>         Kirby
>>
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