RH7 - quick look the other way!

[ddm at mclinux.com (Derek Martin)]

On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Matthew J. Brodeur wrote:

> > After fiddling for about an hour trying to repair the failed kernel update,
> 
>    I'm going to second what Thorin said.  More times than I'd like to
> admit I've updated a kernel with RPM and forgotten to re-install lilo.
> IIRC, RPM is nice enough to blow away your old kernel in the update
> process, so if the new one is broken there's no easy way to make it work.
>    Also, don't forget about the RAM disk, if your system needs it.

This is a common point I see people make. FYI, It is well documented on
RedHat's web site and IIRC also in the manuals they ship with all of their
distributions that you should NOT use the upgrade option when upgrading
kernel RPMs.  IIRC, the correct command line to install a new kernel is:  

  rpm -ivh --force kernel-bla-blah.rpm

But if I'm mistaken (which is quite possible), a quick search of RH's
website should turn up the right answer.


-- 
Derek Martin
Senior System Administrator
Mission Critical Linux
martin at MissionCriticalLinux.com 

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