Kernel-2.6.16-1.13_FC2.i686
Dave Jones
davej at redhat.com
Wed Feb 16 05:00:11 UTC 2005
On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 11:50:24PM -0500, David Curry wrote:
> Welllllll, I'm back with a new .13 kernel instead of the .14 kernel I
> tried earlier.
>
> Lost a bit of virginity on this one. All prior kernel installations had
> relied on Anaconda or Up2date to handle everything.
>
> Had to fall back on early training when Mom and Dad instructed, "If at
> first you don't succeed, try and try again!"
>
> Rpm just did not want to install .13 with .14 in place. So, after
> attempts to get rpm to cooperate I copitulated to rpm's intransigence,
> removed .14 and then installed .13.
>
> Nothing but grins when on reboot Grub displayed a .13 choice with no .14
> choice and reboot using the .13 kernel succeeded!
>
> Now I will let the system sit for a while and see if the problems I
> experienced with the .14 kernel also occur with .13
Ah yes, if rpm sees a newer package installed, and you want to install
an older one for testing purposes, you need to --force it.
There's also an --oldpackage option, but from the manpage, it seems
that's only for upgrade's, not install's.
Dave
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