On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 02:13 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:
Rajko M. wrote:
On Thursday 30 October 2008 06:39:42 pm Andrew Joakimsen wrote:
How can I do Kernel updates but keep the old kernel as an option in the GRUB menu? I just looked at systems recently updated and in /boot all the files for the previous kernel are no longer there.
For now download kernel and run 'rpm -i <kernel>' , this will not delete older kernel. Though, I would check is old kernel still listed in grub boot menu.
Yep, it still works like a charm. I downloaded and reinstalled 2.6.25.16 after update to 2.6.25.18 to test a graphics issue and I just collected the rpms into a single directory like:
02:08 nirvana/srv/www/download/openSUSE_11.0/x86_64/kernel> ls -1 | grep 16 kernel-default-2.6.25.16-0.1.x86_64.rpm kernel-source-2.6.25.16-0.1.x86_64.rpm kernel-syms-2.6.25.16-0.1.x86_64.rpm
Then installed them with:
rpm -ivh --force kernel*.rpm
The installed worked just as it should and properly updated /boot/grub/menu.lst preserving the 2.6.25.18 kernel entries.
NOTE: Above, the --force option was required due to installing an older kernel. As a general rule _never_ _ever_ use the --force option unless you know exactly what your are doing. It is the quickest way to thrash your entire rpm database.
David? I'm wondering if you're running virtual box and have seen any problems with it under the new kernel? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org