[rhn-users] Interrupted up2date when updating kernel

[Alfred Hovdestad]

You should be able to "force" the update.

up2date -f kernel
up2date -f kernel-smp
up2date -f kernel-source

   Alfred Hovdestad
   University of Saskatchewan



Barry Byrne wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> I have a RH Enterprise 3 system which I ran up2date on today to update the
> kernel. However, I accidently pressed CTRL-C just before the end of the
> up2date process - all the kernels were marked as 100% installed, but after
> rebooting I'm still on the old kernel. I presume I updated just prior to
> up2date selecting the new kernel. I'm not too familiar with RedHat and was
> wondering if anyone could suggest how I rectify this. If I run up2date
> again, it thinks they system is up to date!
> 
> The four rpms are still in the /var/spool/up2date directory:
> 
> 	# ls -1 /var/spool/up2date/*.rpm
> 	/var/spool/up2date/kernel-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
> 	/var/spool/up2date/kernel-smp-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
> 	/var/spool/up2date/kernel-source-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL.i386.rpm
> 	/var/spool/up2date/kernel-utils-2.4-8.37.12.i386.rpm
> 
> I tried running rpm -Uvh /var/spool/up2date/*.rpm
>  but it told me they were all already installed.
> 
> Is there a config option I should change to select a different kernel, or
> would it be safer if I try to uninstall these packages and run up2date -u
> again? If so what command should I use to uninstall them.
> 
> Any help much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Barry
> 
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