Fedora 13 Update: kexec-tools-2.0.0-34.fc13

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2010-7713
2010-04-30 23:33:49
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Name        : kexec-tools
Product     : Fedora 13
Version     : 2.0.0
Release     : 34.fc13
URL         : None
Summary     : The kexec/kdump userspace component.
Description :
kexec-tools provides /sbin/kexec binary that facilitates a new
kernel to boot using the kernel's kexec feature either on a
normal or a panic reboot. This package contains the /sbin/kexec
binary and ancillary utilities that together form the userspace
component of the kernel's kexec feature.

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Update Information:

Fix a problem on x86_64 platforms in which kexec looks for the kernel text at
the wrong location in /proc/kcore
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #587750 - kdump fails to start on x86_64
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=587750
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update kexec-tools' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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