On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 02:03:33PM -0600, James Scott wrote: > On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 13:50, Jeff Johnson wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 01:45:52PM -0600, James Scott wrote: > > > On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 13:43, Jeff Johnson wrote: > > > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 01:42:10PM -0600, James Scott wrote: > > > > > This question has probably been asked but I could not locate the answer. > > > > > How or can I use yum to upgrade to the 2.6 kernel from kernel > > > > > 2.4.22-1.2174.nptl.i586. > > > > > Yum upgrade kernel got me to here from a slightly earlier version was > > > > > hoping to go further. > > > > > I this a good idea? > > > > > I suppose this might be slightly off topic for this list if so please > > > > > point me the right direction. > > > > > > > > > > > > > The answer is "Very carefully." > > > > > > > > 73 de Jeff > > > I am certain this will be "very helpful". > > > > > > > Not intended to help ;-) > > > > Point yum at the fc2 devel by adding to /etc/yum.conf: > > [rawhide] > > name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Unreleased Updates > > baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386 > > > > Then type > > yum upgrade kernel > > > > Try rebooting. If you succeed, well, there you have it. Otherwise bailto > > the 2.4.22 kernel. > > > > But do all the above "Very carefully." please. > > > > 73 de Jeff > Thank you and point taken. I did the yum upgrade kernel but did not > have the "bleeding edge repository in the yum.conf. Do you know of one > that is a little more behind the curve or maybe the edge is the place to > be right now. Just being careful. Noted. ;-) The kernel in the fc2 devel is pretty stable afaik right now, I don't think you will have problems with stability. OTOH, the fc2 kernel might not have the drivers or functionality that you need. YMMV. If you do move forward "carefully", there's a couple or 10 packages thqat you probably want to upgrade also. initscripts comes instantly to mind, and, if installed by "yum upgrade initscripts", will probably drag in exactly what you need and nothing else. rpm -qa --last will list the packages that you have upgraded in case you want/need to bail. 73 de Jeff -- Jeff Johnson ARS N3NPQ jbj@xxxxxxxxxx (jbj@xxxxxxx) Chapel Hill, NC
