* On Monday 06 January 2003 05:04 pm, John wrote:
Okay, so to keep it all nice and simple, I download the k_athlon rpm, click on it in konqueror and kpackage pops up and I install it. Once it's installed, bring up a konsole, do mkinitrd *and* lilo, then reboot. Is this right? One more question about this...will I still have all my same old files and all that stuff? Settings, etc., in kde? Can I then on the first bootup after the install of the new kernel, log in as root and open Control Center->System->Kernel configurator and do any tweaking there? And if I 'can', do I need to do mkinitrd and lilo again before rebooting?
Thanks for all this info and help,
John
--====================== John, Let me interject something at this point. When you install the k_athlon kernel, you are not overwriting the k_deflt kernel you already had installed. You may not have known that or the others helping failed to point that out. What happens then is that you end up with two kernels instead of one and it's quite possible you will still be using the k_deflt the next time you boot. It only overwrites, if it is the same name/type kernel. You must remove the old kernel first then install the new to keep down any possible conflicts. Use "rpm -e k_deflt" to remove the original. Patrick --- KMail v1.4.3 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.1 --- Registered Linux User #225206