[rhn-users] Interrupted up2date when updating kernel

[Alfred Hovdestad]

Hi Barry:

If the entry for the new kernel has been added to /boot/grub/grub.conf 
then you should be able to select it on boot.  I assume that you are 
running the smp kernel (else why would you have it installed?).  You 
should then be able to change the default entry in grub.conf to point to 
the new kernel.

    Alfred



Barry Byrne wrote:
> Alfred:
> 
> Thanks for the input. However, this fails with the message:
> 
> 	Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies...
> 	########################################
> 	RPM package conflict error.  The message was:
> 	Test install failed because of package conflicts:
> 	package kernel-utils-2.4-8.37.12 is already installed 
> 
> It would appear that the packages are installed. I will try a reboot
> tomorrow morning when the machine is less busy and see if I can bring up the
> newer kernel. The entries seem to have been added to /boot/grub/grub.conf
> for the new kernel, but the default parameter still points to the older
> kernel, I presume if I just change this it should use the new one.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Barry
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com 
>>[mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Alfred Hovdestad
>>Sent: 06 September 2005 16:02
>>To: Red Hat Network Users List
>>Subject: Re: [rhn-users] Interrupted up2date when updating kernel
>>
>>You should be able to "force" the update.
>>
>>up2date -f kernel
>>up2date -f kernel-smp
>>up2date -f kernel-source
>>
>>   Alfred Hovdestad
>>   University of Saskatchewan