is it possible to downgrade kernels after deletion?

Clint Harshaw clint at penguinsolutions.org
Tue Sep 7 01:38:49 UTC 2004


Alexander Dalloz wrote:
[...]

> You can too install the kernel by using rpm directly.
> 
> rpm -ivh --oldpackage
> http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/2/i386/RPMS.updates/kernel-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.i686.rpm
> (the URI is just an example)
> 
> Alexander


Andrew Konosky wrote:
 > To install an older kernel version, you could just go to the repo
 > website of your choice and download the rpm version you want, or if you
 > know the exact name of the rpm, you could do
 >
 > yum install kernel#2.6.7-1.494.2.2
 >

Thank you both very much! I dl'd the 2.6.7-1.494.2.2 and installed it 
using the above instructions, and now all is well with cdrecord and k3b.

Whew -- that'll teach me to delete those old kernels, heh.

Clint





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