Many, many thanks - it is up and running!
mhr
-----Original Message-----
From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Phil Schaffner
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 6:20 AM
To: CentOS mailing list
Subject: RE: Problems with building a complete kernel
On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 16:38 -0500, Mark Hull-Richter wrote:
> I shoulda knowd....
>
> Okay, this may seem dumb, but I imagine I've already been there....
>
> Here's what I get when I try the install with rpm:
>
> [root@localhost x86_64]# rpm -ivh kernel-*.rpm
> Preparing...
###########################################
> [100%]
> package kernel-2.6.9MHRsmp-1 (which is newer than
> kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.mhr) is already installed
If the "newer" package is the non-working kernel from earlier attempts,
and not the one you are running, it should be safe to do
# yum remove kernel-2.6.9MHRsmp-1
or
# rpm -e kernel-2.6.9MHRsmp-1
Your naming convention seems to be confusing RPM.
> [root@localhost x86_64]#
>
> Now, I _really_ want to install this, but when I try yum localinstall,
I
> get this:
>
> [root@localhost x86_64]# yum localinstall kernel-*.rpm
> Setting up Local Package Process
> Examining kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.mhr.x86_64.rpm: kernel -
... snip ...
> --> Running transaction check
>
> Dependencies Resolved
>
>
========================================================================
> =====
> Package Arch Version Repository
> Size
>
========================================================================
> =====
> Installing:
> kernel x86_64 2.6.9-42.0.3.mhr
> kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.mhr.x86_64.rpm 34 M
> kernel-debuginfo x86_64 2.6.9-42.0.3.mhr
> kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.mhr.x86_64.rpm 961 M
> kernel-devel x86_64 2.6.9-42.0.3.mhr
> kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.mhr.x86_64.rpm 11 M
> kernel-largesmp x86_64 2.6.9-42.0.3.mhr
> kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.3.mhr.x86_64.rpm 39 M
> kernel-smp x86_64 2.6.9-42.0.3.mhr
> kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.3.mhr.x86_64.rpm 34 M
> Updating:
> kernel-largesmp-devel x86_64 2.6.9-42.0.3.mhr
> kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.mhr.x86_64.rpm 11 M
> kernel-smp-devel x86_64 2.6.9-42.0.3.mhr
> kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.mhr.x86_64.rpm 11 M
>
> Transaction Summary
>
========================================================================
> =====
> Install 5 Package(s)
> Update 2 Package(s)
> Remove 0 Package(s)
> Total download size: 1.1 G
> Is this ok [y/N]: N
> Exiting on user Command
> Complete!
> [root@localhost x86_64]#
>
> Since this is going to update the two *-devel packages, I need to know
> if this is safe to do, i.e., will this damage anything I need to get
> back to if the new installed kernel doesn't boot or work right (even
> though rpm says it's the same one)?
The -devel packages should have nothing to do with booting (unless you
have dkms packages installed that want to rebuild drivers at boot time -
not standard CentOS stuff).
If you want to install rather than update the "-devel" packages, put the
following (or something like it tailored to your preferences)
in /etc/yum.conf:
installonlypkgs=kernel kernel-smp kernel-largesmp kernel-devel
kernel-smp-devel kernel-largesmp-devel
Phil
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