Subject: Fwd: Re: Yup update mismatched kernel and modules
From: Charles Stevenson (csteven@terraplex.com)
Date: Wed Aug 23 2000 - 12:24:29 MDT
What does everyone think... should YUP notify the user in some when when a
kernel RPM is going to be update and/or should we add a postconfig script to
the kernel RPMS that notes the need to copy the new kernel to the HFS?
Regards,
Charles
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Subject: Re: Yup update mismatched kernel and modules
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 14:17:46 -0400
From: Charles Stevenson <csteven@terraplex.com>
I think Bryan is going to take over work on yup... I'll mention that kernel*
RPMS should flag some sort of message.
Regards,
Charles
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, William K. Gibson wrote:
>
> > on 8/23/00 3:37 PM, Hollis R Blanchard at hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu wrote:
> >
> > > The problem is that you are still using your old kernel (which is probably
> > > sitting on an HFS partition somewhere) which was unaffected by the yup-induced
> > > "kernel upgrade". However, the modules were affected as usual with rpm
> > > upgrades: the old modules were deleted and then the new modules were
> > > installed. So your modules were updated but your kernel was not. Please find
> > > the rpm-installed kernel (probably /boot/vmlinux; check with 'rpm -ql' to be
> > > sure) and copy it to wherever you boot from.
> >
> > Huh? I thought it did not matter what kernel you booted from on the mac
> > side, I figured the kernel on the linux partition would take over from it
> > shortly after the boot. I'm not saying I read that anywhere, I just assumed
> > it was so. Are you saying that the vmlinux file on the mac disk (I'm using
> > BootX) is the actual kernel that gets loaded?
>
> That's correct.
>
> > I must admit to being a little
> > surprised by that- and a little annoyed that yup will install a new kernel
> > on the linux partition with no recommendation that the kernel be upgraded on
> > the mac side.
>
> I'm also surprised by this. It seems to have caused some problems recently.
>
> -Hollis
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