[95901] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Help on Upgrading to 2.0.35
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Jinks)
Thu Oct 22 05:09:23 1998
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 08:58:41 +0000
From: Michael Jinks <michael@twopoint.com>
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Nelson Little wrote:
>
> Does that mean I need to install ALL of those rpm's listed above?? Or do i
> leave out ibcs + pcmia because I dont have any of that stuff?
The latter.
> Do I need to upgrade any other programs before I can use 2.0.35 ?
As with ibcs and pcmcia, it depends upon what you're doing, but the
short answer is "probably not." Occasionally the docs for a particular
app will recommend a kernel no older that version N, but so far I
haven't ever seen a new kernel actually break any previously-running
user-space programs.
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Michael Jinks
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