[FC1] Dangerous 2.6.5 Kernel Instalation (!) WARNING

[Christoph Wickert]

Am Mo, den 19.04.2004 schrieb runlevel0 um 14:59:
> Hy folks,
> 
> I'm writin this from an Knoppix 3.2 Live-CD in order to warno you about some 
> possible toubles installing thr 2.6.5 kernel via Yum.
> 
> The URL was published yesterday here in this list.

Which one? http://people.redhat.com/~arjanv/2.6/ ? Works fine for me.

> 
> The problem is that the damn think fails to reboot, but that's nothing 
> specially important, since many of us have a huge collection of kernels...
> 
> Or at least that was was I thought after rebooting.
> 
> The fact is that this package *erases any other kernel* you would have in 
> /boot   !!!!!!!!!!
> 

yum install foo vs. yum update foo! You need to install the kernel, not
upgrade it.

Christoph