On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Doug McGarrett wrote: dm> If I upgrade a kernel, using the YAST and RPM system, do I have to dm> recompile a kernel, or do the old preferences follow in the dm> upgrade. (I'm thinking specifically of SCSI, which was detected dm> in the original installation. Without that, the machine will not dm> work, since all the drives are SCSI.) dm> If you upgrade the kernel thru yast, you will be prompted for a particular kernel to install, similar to that when you first installed. So if you pick the same kernel configuration, with SCSI support in your case, then all should work out fine without you having to recompile the kernel. BUT, this requires you to pick the correct kernel configuration when prompted. I would advise making a bootdisk in case something goes wrong. After all, according to Microsofts Ballmer and Mundie, open source sucks and shouldn't be trusted :) dm> -- This email sent without help from Microsoft. Linux rocks! dm> dm> -- S.Toms - smotrs@mindspring.com - www.mindspring.com/~smotrs SuSE Linux v7.0+ - Kernel 2.2.18 There are three ways to get something done: (1) Do it yourself. (2) Hire someone to do it for you. (3) Forbid your kids to do it.