insmod problem
Linn Kubler
lkubler at gmail.com
Fri Oct 22 20:10:57 UTC 2004
On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 21:47:27 +0200, Alexander Dalloz
<alexander.dalloz at uni-bielefeld.de> wrote:
> Am Fr, den 22.10.2004 schrieb Linn Kubler um 21:42:
>
> > Ok, that worked, cool! However, now I see that I have the option to
> > boot to either version of the kernel when my computer starts. Is
> > there a reason to keep the older version around? If not, should I
> > remove it? If so, how does one do that?
>
> > Linn
>
> The old kernel sits there for security. If the new one does not boot or
> makes other trouble you have the chance to still boot with the old one.
> I would keep the old kernel quite a while, until you are sure you have
> no problems with the new one. You then can uninstall the old kernel: rpm
> -e kernel-$version.
>
> Alexander
>
Yeah, that's what I figured also and it is simply using rpm to remove
it, that's good. Wasn't sure how involved that would be. I'll take
your advice though and keep it around for a while, it isn't hurting me
any to have it there.
Thanks again for all the help, I learned a bunch this week.
Linn
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