YUM-Kernel update?
Manojav Sridhar
manojav at manojav.com
Wed Jan 26 15:03:17 UTC 2005
Also its always a good idea to keep the old kernel around, just in case.
Some display drivers eg. "nvidia". may cause troubles if you upgrade to
a kernel that isn't supported by the drivers. also i noticed there is a
lot of working going on with the ide, ide-scsi kernel support , it seems
to changing a lot and seems to affect cdrecord as non-root user with
if you dont know much about what your doing, and aren't looking for a
kernel update to fix a particular problem i wouldn't bother with it
until bugs with the new kernel are ironed out.
this i thinl is true when there is a kernel major version jump eg 2.6.9
to 2.6.10. typically minor version jumps such as 2.6.9-xxx to
2.6.9-xxx+1 aren't that intrusive.
just my $0.02
Benjamin Sailer wrote:
>Hello,
>
>
>
>>On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 08:07:54 -0600, Dave McCann <langleyfan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I've installed FC3 and ran YUM to get the latest updates. I noticed that the
>>>kernel is selected not to be updated in the default settings. There are
>>>updates available for it.
>>>
>>> Should I go ahead and use YUM to update the kernel?
>>>
>>> What problems/hurdles could I encounter by using YUM to update the kernel?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>I usually use yum to do my kernel updates. So far I have never run
>>into any problems... that being said... your mileage may vary.
>>
>>
>>
>the problem that arises during update is that the old kernel is
>removed. So when You do not reboot the machine, it might get into
>trouble when it e.g. tries do load a new kernel module after the
>update and all it finds in /lib/modules aer the new version's
>kernel-objects.
>
>Therefore the default behaviour is to install the new kernel as a
>default, which (hopefully) manages to boot during the next startup,
>and leave removal of the old kernel to the user.
>
>Best regards
>
>Benjamin
>
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