On Thu, 10 Apr 2003, Danial Howard wrote:
I accidently upgraded the kernel package (rpm -Fvh *.rpm in a directory containing a newer kernel package). Now all my previous kernels are gone. The kernel that is installed now is an i386 kernel, not an i686 kernel like prefer.
I can't remove the kernel package (can I?) and install the correct one. What's the safest and best way to install the latest i686 kernel. Should I use the force, replacepkgs, replacefiles options or a combination of them?
I suggest none of them. The safest way is to install (rpm -ivh) a different kernel (such as an old kernel or an smp kernel), reboot to this kernel, and then uninstall (rpm -e) the wrong kernel and install the right one.
Michael Young
Thanks for this idea, Michael. I decided this would be the safest way to go. At the point where I remove the wrong kernel, rpm gave me an error about breaking a dependency. So I used "rpm -ivh --force kernel*i686.rpm" to get the right kernel install over the wrong kernel (i386). Then I rebooted off the right kernel and removed the smp kernel.
Thanks to everyone for their ideas.
Danial
-- Danial M. Howard--howadani(at)isu.edu--1-208-282-3097 IT Systems Programmer, Computing and Communications Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, USA
