[PLUG] Using RedHat's Up2Date to update my kernel

[Petcher, Danielx J]

I've done an up2date operation on my kernel under RedHat 8 on a little P200
with a DSL feed. It worked WAY too fast to be a kernel recompilation! I'm
confident it's merely downloading a new binary image of the kernel.

-djp
http://folding.stanford.edu - the brain you save may be your own!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kyle Accardi [mailto:sandbox at pacifier.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 2:43 PM
> To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Using RedHat's Up2Date to update my kernel
> 
> Jon Jacob wrote:
> > Maybe I am being paranoid, but what exactly happens when I use up2date
> > to update my kernel, should I choose to do that?  Do I still need to go
> > through all the steps of building the kernel (I assume I do) or does it
> > do it automatically somehow?
> >
> > I am a little leary of doing it this way and wanted to know what I
> > should expect.
> 
> I believe that kernel packages are skipped by default in up2date.  You can
> override this, but unless up2date can 'i'nstall instead of just 'f'reshen,
> don't do it this way.
> 
> Normally, I install the new kernel and reboot to make sure it works.
> After
> you're sure the new kernel is okay, your can 'e'rase the previous one.  I
> haven't built a kernel in over a year and just use the binary rpm.  When I
> was building them, I used tarballs, so I can't advise on building RH's
> kernel-source rpm.