On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 14:18, Jeff Johnson wrote: > 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 This is indeed helpful. I have not done much to this system as yet only having done the install with fc1 a week ago. If it breaks it is not far back for me.
