On Thu Sep 06, 2001 at 08:51:03AM -0600, Dan Hensley wrote:
> > I used the software manager to upgrade my kernel from 2.4.3 to 2.4.7.
> >
> > I noticed the new files in my /boot directory, except the initrd-2.4.7*img
> > file.
> >
> > Do I have to change the links to point to the new kernel or should the
> > software installer have done that for me?
>
> I did the same thing, and noticed that the links weren't updated. I
> don't think that has anything to do with the software manager, but who
> knows. All I know is that when I updated with these RPMs, my system
> would not boot (see the archives with my posts in the last week or so).
> This is because I'm using Reiserfs, and the RPMs really screwed
> something up. I think they messed with one of the boot scripts, because
> going back to the original Mandrake 8.0 2.4.3 RPMs did not fix the
> problem. Unfortunately I haven't gotten very far on this list with
> figuring out what it broke and how to fix it. Through a very painful
> process I ended up getting back on my feet by compiling 2.4.9 from
> source. I'm never going to use RPMs to update the kernel again.
I sincerely doubt it had anything to do with reiserfs. The machines
that I updated the kernel on (using commandline rpm with -ivh) all
have reiserfs partitions and none of them exhibited the same behaviour
you previously described. Links in /boot were created properly and
/etc/lilo.conf was updated properly. In fact, all it took was running
"/sbin/lilo -v" after the fact and I rebooted without issue and have
been using it since... this is on my workstation, a production
webserver, and a laptop. I honestly have no clue as to why you've had
such difficulties with your upgrade.
> I probably could have avoided some of the pain by following the
> instructions and not using MandrakeUpdate, but who knows.
Probably. =)
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