Hi, On Wed, 4 Feb 2009, Rob OpenSuSE wrote:
2009/2/4 Patrick Shanahan
: * Rob OpenSuSE
[02-04-09 14:56]:
There's a risk to in updating old "stable" systems, if something goes wrong with an update to something critical like zypper, there will be a huge fuss.
Does the OP know how to work round the issue? If it is not obvious to him, finding a way, might make a backport seem less of an issue.
He "forgot" that 11.0 zypper did *not* keep replaced/updated kernels. He knows that rpm -i and smart are available and will accomplish what he wishes. BUT he has lost the kernel that *worked* for his environment. Thus the discussion.
So providing the kernel that worked is required. Updating zypper alone is not a solution! Presumably someone who runs 11.0 actually backs up their system?
That would not help. A "native" OpenSUSE/SLES/SLED system just has one kernel to boot. And if it does't, you won't reach your backups with ease. Viele Grüße Eberhard Mönkeberg (emoenke@gwdg.de, em@kki.org) -- Eberhard Mönkeberg Arbeitsgruppe IT-Infrastruktur E-Mail: emoenke@gwdg.de Tel.: +49 (0)551 201-1551 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG) Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen URL: http://www.gwdg.de E-Mail: gwdg@gwdg.de Tel.: +49 (0)551 201-1510 Fax: +49 (0)551 201-2150 Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Neumair Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Dipl.-Kfm. Markus Hoppe Sitz der Gesellschaft: Göttingen Registergericht: Göttingen Handelsregister-Nr. B 598 -------------------------------------------------------------------------