Re: accidently freshened kernel package

[Danial Howard <howadani@xxxxxxx>]

M A Young wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Apr 2003, Danial Howard wrote:
>
>
> > I accidently upgraded the kernel package (rpm -Fvh *.rpm in a
> > directory containing a newer kernel package). Now all my previous
> > kernels are gone. The kernel that is installed now is an i386 kernel,
> > not an i686 kernel like prefer.
> >
> > I can't remove the kernel package (can I?) and install the correct
> > one. What's the safest and best way to install the latest i686 kernel.
> > Should I use the force, replacepkgs, replacefiles options or a
> > combination of them?
>
>
> I suggest none of them. The safest way is to install (rpm -ivh) a
> different kernel (such as an old kernel or an smp kernel), reboot to this
> kernel, and then uninstall (rpm -e) the wrong kernel and install the
> right one.
>
> 	Michael Young

Thanks for this idea, Michael. I decided this would be the safest way 
to go. At the point where I remove the wrong kernel, rpm gave me an 
error about breaking a dependency. So I used "rpm -ivh --force 
kernel*i686.rpm" to get the right kernel install over the wrong kernel 
(i386). Then I rebooted off the right kernel and removed the smp kernel.

Thanks to everyone for their ideas.

Danial

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Danial M. Howard--howadani(at)isu.edu--1-208-282-3097
IT Systems Programmer, Computing and Communications
Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, USA