[WBEL-users] WB kernel upgrade!

[Bernie Hoefer]

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     Hi, Israel.  I thought I'd help John out by trying to answer this
for him.

israel.garcia@cimex.com.cu wrote:
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> question 1? can you tell me the steps to upgrade my kernel?
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     Red Hat has a good (though a bit dated) guide at:

<http://www.redhat.com/support/resources/howto/kernel-upgrade/kernel-upgrade.html>

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>         --> I mean rpm- Uvh kernel-BOOT-2.4.21-15.0.3.EL.i386.rpm ...
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     As the Red Hat doucment states, I would not recommend upgrading
(rpm -Uvh) the kernel.  Instead, install (rpm -ivh) the new kernel along
side the old one so if something goes wrong you can still boot to the
old one.  The guide linked to above explains it pretty well.

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>         --> I dont know if I have to change the link in
> /boot/system.map... or grub.conf..
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     No, RPM adds the entry to the Grub menu in the /boot directory.

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> question2? Where can I find resping1 sets of RPMs --> I've searched in
> google but no results..
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     "Respin" is just a term used to mean making new WBEL ISO images
integrating all the updates published through May 31, 2004.  One can get
those RPMs from the subdirectories of .../3.0/en/updates on the WBEL
mirrors.  Those would be the respin RPMs that you are looking for.  (I
believe you would be most interested in the i386, i586, i686 and noarch
subdirectories.)
     The list of mirrors is here:

<http://www.beau.org/~jmorris/linux/whitebox/download.html>

     Good luck!


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