Subject: Re: Kernel swapping for newbies.
From: Troy Benjegerdes (hozer@drgw.net)
Date: Tue Dec 28 1999 - 00:16:42 MST
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Aaron Levitt wrote:
> Wouldn't it be easier just to get the rpm and upgrade that way??
Yes, much easier, provided the RPM you need has been built ;)
>
> -Aaron
>
> At 4:16 PM -0600 12/21/99, Troy Benjegerdes took the time to write:
> > On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Ben Donley wrote:
> >
> >> Here's my saga:
> >>
> >> I wanted to install the new Xpmac (supposedly accelerated for the
> >>mach64 chip,
> >> or something.) It told me I needed glibc 2.1.3 or better and
> >>kernel 2.2.10 or
> >> better.
> >>
> >> I figured that all I needed to do to use the new kernel was to download it,
> >> gunzip it, put it in my Mac OS system folder, and tell BootX to use it.
> >>
> >> When I rebooted, I got a million error messages telling me that my
> >> /boot/System.map didn't match my kernel. So I put back the old kernel.
> >
> > You can either
> >
> > a) Ignore the warnings (my usual favorite ;)
> >
> > b) get the System.map that matches the kernel you downloaded and replace
> > the existing System.map
> >
> > You should probably also get the modules that correspond with the kernel
> > you downloaded. Wherever you downloaded them from should have the modules.
> > This may not actually be necessary unless you get messages like 'can't
> > load module xxxx' or some things have mysteriously quit working with the
> > new kernel.
> >
> >>
> >> I have all kinds of theories on what I should try to do next, but
> >>they're all
> >> fundamentally flawed...
> >>
> >> How do you upgrade the kernel in Yellow Dog Linux?
> >>
> >> I'm running the Champion Server 1.1 with minimal changes.
> >>
> >> - Ben
> >>
> >>
> >
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