Kernel 2.4.21

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Author: der.hans
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Subject: Kernel 2.4.21
Am 18. Jun, 2003 schw=E4tzte Craig White so:

> indeed - a little knowledge is very dangerous in this case...
>
> rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.xx-xx
>
> as opposed to
>
> rpm -Uvh kernel-2.4.xx-xx
>
> -i install creates the new kernel/modules in the correct spot and
> updates grub/lilo to reflect the addition...
>
> -U update creams your setup and tries to replace existing kernel/modules
> with new and for the most part will render a system unbootable.


OK, probably my mistake. Thought I tried both, but it sounds like that
wasn't the case.

> Again...this applies to RedHat / dunno about SuSE


SuSE should be the same.

ciao,

der.hans
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