[opensuse] Safest way to update kernel? or don't bother?
So, I'm using openSuSE 10.3 on a machine which is running in a headless configuration in a datacenter several hundred miles away. I have serial console access and can see some but not all of the boot-up over the serial console. Currently on kernel 2.6.22.18-0.2 (the SMP flavor, I think, if that makes any difference) zypper -v pchk says the box needs a kernel security update - how do I judge whether I should apply the update or not? (BTW, there are no local users on this machine other than me.) If I apply this update, is there a risk of the box failing to boot afterwards? This would be A Bad Thing. Is there a "safer" way to apply this update, perhaps by keeping the old kernel available in the grub boot menu? Thanks Jim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Sbs Bofh <sbsbofh@googlemail.com> wrote:
So, I'm using openSuSE 10.3 on a machine which is running in a headless configuration in a datacenter several hundred miles away. I have serial console access and can see some but not all of the boot-up over the serial console.
Currently on kernel 2.6.22.18-0.2 (the SMP flavor, I think, if that makes any difference)
zypper -v pchk says the box needs a kernel security update - how do I judge whether I should apply the update or not? (BTW, there are no local users on this machine other than me.)
If I apply this update, is there a risk of the box failing to boot afterwards? This would be A Bad Thing.
Is there a "safer" way to apply this update, perhaps by keeping the old kernel available in the grub boot menu?
Thanks
Download the package and install it using rpm, the new kernel will add a default new entry in the grub config. If all works, you can remove the old one using the same command. -- Kind Regards -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Download the package and install it using rpm, the new kernel will add a default new entry in the grub config. If all works, you can remove the old one using the same command.
OK, that sounds like a much better idea! How do I figure out exactly which RPM I need to download from http://download.opensuse.org/update/10.3/? FWIW, yast describes the kernel update as "undocumented patch for 3837c2df513f0088f0fdd19fc0db5adc" but that doesn't seem to help... Thanks for your help... Jim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 06:31:28PM +0100, Sbs Bofh wrote:
Download the package and install it using rpm, the new kernel will add a default new entry in the grub config. If all works, you can remove the old one using the same command.
OK, that sounds like a much better idea!
Or use yum till you have openSUSE 11.1 and newer systems with a fast zypper running. See http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2008-10/msg01342.html for a bit more background on yum or zypper.
How do I figure out exactly which RPM I need to download from http://download.opensuse.org/update/10.3/?
a) "uname -a" displays the running kernel flavor (default,smp,bigsmp) and architecture (i586,x86_64,ppc). b) The version is currently 2.6.22.19-0.1 independent of the actual used CPU architecture. Lars -- Lars Müller [ˈlaː(r)z ˈmʏlɐ] Samba Team SUSE Linux, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Sbs Bofh <sbsbofh@googlemail.com> wrote:
How do I figure out exactly which RPM I need to download from http://download.opensuse.org/update/10.3/?
Supposing you have an x86 system, http://download.opensuse.org/update/10.3/rpm/i586/kernel-bigsmp-2.6.22.19-0.... -- Kind Regards -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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