[97179] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Kernel Problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Statux)
Sun Nov 1 18:07:46 1998
Reply-To: "Statux" <statux@bigfoot.com>
From: "Statux" <statux@bigfoot.com>
To: <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 18:05:26 -0500
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always remove old kernel packages (ie source, headers, ...) before
installing the new ones. Check things out with Glint.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Genesis <genesis@omega.honk.org>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Sunday, November 01, 1998 4:22 PM
Subject: Kernel Problem
>Hi every one
>I am using RHL version 5, kernel 2.0.32
>I downloaded kernel-source-2.0.35-2.i386.rpm
>and kernel-headers-2_0_35-2.i386.rpm to upgrade my kernel
>used the command rpm -i kernel-source-2.0.35-2.i386.rpm
>to unstall the new kernel, it went fine and then it created
>a directory under /usr/src/linux-2.0.35
>then i made config makemenu to have the new kernel
>it went all fine and i got a vmlinuz file under the same
>directory, the size of the file is almost 1Mb and when i wanted
>to do the lilo command, it told me the size is too big,
>then i deleted by stupidity the new vmlinuz file and the whole
>/usr/src/linux-2.0.35 directory, now when i want to do the same
>step from the begining using the rpm -i kernel-source-2.0.35-2.i386.rpm
>command, it tells me the package is already installed and so i can not
>do the install any more,
>please guide me how to correct the problem
>thank you in advance
>
>
>
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