On Wed, 2003-05-14 at 11:27, Christoph Lehmann wrote: > Hi > I run Rh9.0 with several kernels in the grub. I now want to install an > older kernel, but I always get: > > kernel-2.4.20-4.ll.acpi.i686.rpm kernel-2.4.20-9.4.i686.rpm > [root@xxxxxxxxxx downloads]# rpm -i kernel-2.4.20-4.ll.acpi.i686.rpm > package kernel-2.4.20-8 (which is newer than > kernel-2.4.20-4.ll.acpi) is > already installed > package kernel-2.4.20-9 (which is newer than > kernel-2.4.20-4.ll.acpi) is > already installed > package kernel-2.4.20-9.4 (which is newer than > kernel-2.4.20-4.ll.acpi) > is already installed > > > what can I do? But: I don't want to overwrite the other, already > installed kernels in grub! > It is good that you use -i because that will install the additional kernel without effecting the other kernels. All you need now is --oldpackage in order to install the older version. Run "man rpm" for more information. Since you are using grub, if the kernel RPM was made properly, it should automatically edit your grub.conf too. Warren Togami warren@xxxxxxxxxx
