On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 20:02, Chuck Liggett wrote: > Red Hat just released the new Kernel Upgrade for Psyche, so to keep > my box with the good 'ole green check, I just had to apply them! > > Instead of using the default Grub boot loader, I use the lilo boot > loader. > > During the upgrade of my packages, I received an error about Grub > (which I'm not using), and then when I went to investigate after the > installation completed, I discovered that the lilo Configuration file > had lost my Linux entry! > > So, if I would have rebooted, I wouldn't have been able to select > Linux to boot -- and I would have been stuck using some other O/S! > (Of course, I have emergency boot floppies and plenty of other methods > of recovering, but still....) > > If you're in the same situation, be sure to fix your lilo configuration > and re-run lilo once you have completed the upgrade of the Kernel pkg! > > Regards, > Chuck > > (See Below for Details) > > # rpm -UvhF hwdata-0.48-1.noarch.rpm kernel-2.4.18-17.8.0.i386.rpm \ > kernel-doc-2.4.18-17.8.0.i386.rpm \ > kernel-source-2.4.18-17.8.0.i386.rpm mozilla-1.0.1-26.i386.rpm \ > mozilla-mail-1.0.1-26.i386.rpm mozilla-nspr-1.0.1-26.i386.rpm \ > mozilla-nss-1.0.1-26.i386.rpm mozilla-psm-1.0.1-26.i386.rpm > ----- dude
you NEVER update kernel with rpm -U you ALWAYS must use rpm -i wasn't a bug at all. I learned the hard way and perhaps you have too Craig
