Respin FC5 install with updated kernel

Sam Varshavchik mrsam at courier-mta.com
Sat Jul 1 14:54:27 UTC 2006


David Timms writes:

> Sam Varshavchik wrote:
>> Can someone point me to a guide for respinning the installation FC5 DVD 
>> with an updated kernel?
> Unofficial: http://fedora.kanarip.com/fedoraunity/i386/20060621/
> 
>> It looks like 2.6.17 is the first kernel I can 
>> boot on my x86_64 hardware since 2.6.13, which prevented me from 
>> upgrading from FC4 to FC5.
> 
> Would you be willing to give FC6test1 a try ? Maybe get the 
> discboot.iso, and if that can succesfully boot decide if you would like 
> to test FC6 at this early stage ?

Maybe on one of my other machines, but this one I don't want to mess with, 
and it's the only x86_64 box I have.

>> I need not only to have the updated kernel installed, but also boot 
>> Anaconda with an updated kernel image.
>> 
>> Also, it looks like FC5 has a unified UP and SMP kernel -- correct?
> No. It has better detection of which is required, and the smp is more 
> stable, so there is less chance that it wont work.

I mean -- I do not see kernel-smp packages in FC5's updates, I presume FC5 
uses the same kernel for both up and smp.

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 191 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/attachments/20060701/8a888c8f/attachment-0001.sig>


More information about the fedora-list mailing list