Am 17. Jun, 2003 schw=E4tzte Richard L. Proctor so: > > > Good. Red Hat and SuSE uninstall the current kernel, so if the new ke= rnel > > > doesn't work you have an unbootable system. > > > > ---- > > dunno about SuSE > > > > RedHat most assuredly doesn't 'uninstall' any kernels - that bungling i= s > > left entirely to the user. > > SuSE keeps the previous kernel configuration as well. I have no don't kn= ow > where they get these ideas. I've updated kernels on SuSE and RedHat recently. For both dists the new kernel ( different kernel version ) conflicted with the installed kernel an= d wanted the installed kernel removed prior to installing. Maybe I was misusing rpm. ciao, der.hans --=20 # https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.AZOTO.org/ # When you are tired of choosing the lesser of two evils, # Vote Cthulhu for President!