Replace kernel with newer rpm on install?

[J. Epperson]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:

>On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 15:21:47 -0500, J. Epperson <epperson at alumni.unc.edu> wrote:
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>>FC3 has a bug that keeps my megaraid driver from getting built, so I
>>need to be able to patch in a rawhide FC4 test kernel, which is supposed
>>to have the problem fixed.  Can I just run an install and tell it this
>>is an additional package I want installed, after burning it to a CD?
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>If you havent got fedora installed then you can go ahead and install
>it. get the kernel rpm from fc rawhide and install it. try booting
>into it to see if it works.
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>Make sure that the bug in megaraid is known and confirm whether they
>intend to release a update for fc3 itself
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>check this directory first
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>http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/
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Bug 135484.   FC3 new install won't find drives at all; install FC2, 
then update results in completion of update, but unbootable system.   
How would you go about installing the RPM on an unbootable system?