mkinitrd error, not sure if I can force
Patrick B. O'Brien
pobrien at doit.nv.gov
Thu May 24 21:12:49 UTC 2007
Red Hat Admin,
I'm trying to upgrade my kernel. There are dependencies. They are as
follows. The mkinitrd dependency is old; I'm on a later version. Can I
just force this install? What rpm flags should I use? TIA!
admobrie at listserv3:/listserv $ rpm -qa|grep mkinitrd
mkinitrd-4.1.18-2
admobrie at listserv3:/listserv $ sudo rpm -ivh mkinitrd*4.2.1.6-1*.rpm
--test
Preparing... ###########################################
[100%]
file /sbin/grubby from install of mkinitrd-4.2.1.6-1 conflicts
with file from package mkinitrd-4.1.18-2
file /sbin/mkinitrd from install of mkinitrd-4.2.1.6-1 conflicts
with file from package mkinitrd-4.1.18-2
file /sbin/nash from install of mkinitrd-4.2.1.6-1 conflicts
with file from package mkinitrd-4.1.18-2
listserv3:/listserv # rpm -ivh kernel*2.6.9-55*.rpm --test
error: Failed dependencies:
mkinitrd >= 4.2.1.6-1 is needed by
kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-55.EL.i686
mkinitrd >= 4.2.1.6-1 is needed by kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.EL.i686
mkinitrd >= 4.2.1.6-1 is needed by kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.EL.i686
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