On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 12:19 -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
> As the more astute will have noticed, yesterday I
> dropped a 2.6.9 based kernel in updates-testing.
>
> This is 99% the same as the 2.6.9 kernel that is in FC3.
> Whilst there are still bugs to fix there, it also
> fixes countless bugs existing for a long time in the
> current FC2 kernel, and getting both trees on a
> kinda-sorta level playing field is going to do wonders
> for trying to get bugzilla under control.
>
> So, please beat on this a little, as any improvements
> made to it will not only be useful from an FC2 update
> point of view, but also for FC3.
>
Here is something I saw while upgrading a FC2 box to the test kernel. No
entry in /etc/grub.conf. Not initrd in /boot. Manually running "new-
kernel-pkg --mkinitrd --depmod --install 2.6.9-1.1_FC2" worked.
Running test transaction:
Test transaction complete, Success!
kernel 100 % done 1/5
Usage: new-kernel-pkg [-v] [--mkinitrd] [--rminitrd]
[--initrdfile=<initrd-image>] [--depmod] [--rmmoddep]
[--kernel-args=<args>] [--banner=<banner>]
[--make-default] <--install | --remove> <kernel-version>
(ex: new-kernel-pkg --mkinitrd --depmod --install 2.4.7-2)
tcpdump 100 % done 2/5
libpcap 100 % done 3/5
Completing update for tcpdump - 4/5
Completing update for libpcap - 5/5
Kernel Updated/Installed, checking for bootloader
Grub found - making this kernel the default
Installed: kernel 2.6.9-1.1_FC2.i686
Updated: tcpdump 14:3.8.2-6.FC2.1.i386 libpcap 14:0.8.3-6.FC2.1.i386
Transaction(s) Complete