Re: How to install the old kernel?
But it is failed to install the old kernel using -i function in rpm.
It compared the installed version....
What can I do ? Use the force option ?
Wong Kwok Hon
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 9:14 PM, Simon Andrews <simon.andrews(a)bbsrc.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Wong Kwok-hon <kwokhon(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello
>>
>> How to install back the old kernel? and the command is....
>> RPM rejected my installation because it is older than current.
Ivan Cat wrote:
> Have you tried using --force parameter?
Don't do that!
Using --force is a last resort for when all else fails and you know why and
you understand what --force is going to do. RPM doesn't refuse to install
packages on a whim, it's trying to stop you from screwing things up.
For most packages you can use --oldpackage to tell it that you know the
package you're tring to update to is older than the current package.
Kernels are different though. You can parallel install serveral kernels, so
you'd usuall use rpm -i oldkernel.rpm rather than rpm -U.
You can then use the new kernel by going into the grub menu on boot and
selecting the older kernel from the list of available kernels. At this
stage you can rpm -e the newer kernel pacakage if you really want to get rid
of it all together.
Simon.
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