Opinions Requested on Red Hat Network Update to the Kernel

On Jul 9, 3:31pm, George Gambill wrote:

> I setup one of my Linux workstations on Red Hat's Network thing. Every time
> I go into it, I get a screen indicating that there is an update available
> for my kernel (version 2.4.20 Ref. 18.8). Being paranoid by nature, I'm
> not sure I want to fix something (as important as the kernel) when it does
> not seem to be broken!
>
> Opinions please.

It works for me.

But I understand your concern. When updating the kernel, RHN leaves
the old one installed so that's selectable via the bootloader (GRUB).
So, if something should go wrong with the new kernel, you can always
reboot and try the one of the older ones.

Kevin