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You can do it in the GUI, through Install Software within Configure Your Computer, or from the command line:

 

urpmf --name kernel | grep 2.6.17

 

this will filter out to the kernels you just want with 2.6.17 in them, and then install with:

 

urpmi kernel-2.6.17.8mdv

 

or whatever it's called.

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You have to use the command line to update the kernel. There are instructions at www.mandriva.com/security/kernelupdate.

Those instructions seem to be a little out of date now. In Mandriva 2007 upgrading the kernel via the Control Center, urpmi or Smart will set up the dependencies and make the bootloader changes automatically.

 

To Richard1098: to do it via the MCC or Smart, don't just check updates for the new kernel, as the newer kernel probably won't be listed. Instead, search for "kernel" in the normal "install software" section. You will then be given a list of kernels - just select "kernel-2.6.17.8mdv" and hit the install button. When you next boot up, the system will default to the new kernel, and the older ones will be listed below.

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