fuzzylizard Posted February 6, 2003 Report Share Posted February 6, 2003 I followed the link: http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisorie...=MDKSA-2003:014 to find out about the new kernel and it says that you can update automatically using mandrakeupdate. However, when I use mandrakeupdate all I can download is the kernel-source; which it says is 145 megs in size. Is this what I select to update/upgrade my kernel or should there be more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted February 6, 2003 Report Share Posted February 6, 2003 You don't update your kernel via mandrake update. You have to download the kernel rpm manually, then as root type rpm -ivh kernel-blah-blah-blah.rpm then make sure the /etc/lilo.conf is right then reboot. Remember.. it is -i not -U Then if you want to update the kernel source just download it and type rpm -Uvh kernel-source-blah-blah.rpm The reason why kernel is not done via mandrakeupdate is simple: it will hose your computer. Mandrake learned about this the hard way during the 8.1 (?) days when someone who update the kernel via mandrakeupdate simply cannot restart his computer. I think there is a tutorial somewhere in the old docs section about kernel updating via rpms. Check there if you want more info. Don't forget to recompile any kernel dependant drivers such as NVIDIA, Aureal, winmodem, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylizard Posted February 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2003 Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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