Actually, the kernel is completely independent of the rest of Linux. Don't forget that, technically speaking, Linux is just the kernel... SuSE (and the other distro makers) package the kernel with all kinds of great GNU tools to make a complete OS. It's those packages that make the OS, not the kernel. To upgrade to 7.2, you need to upgrade all the packages you have to the versions that are in 7.2. This way, you are technically running 7.2. The easiest way to do that, I think, would be to boot the CD and select the UPGRADE option (I'm pretty sure there is one). On 6 Sep 2001, David Bartlett wrote:
How do I upgrade 7.1 to 7.2?
I've updated the kernel to 2.4.7, but I still get the 7.1 splash screen and the control panel in KDE tells me that I'm running 7.1. What are the other essential differences between 7.1 and 7.2 (other than a newer kernel)? Does the fact that I used the 2.4.7 kernel from the 7.2 release tree when I'm running 7.1 matter? -- noodlez: Karol Pietrzak PGP KeyID: 0x3A1446A0