[TriLUG] installing kernel packages with rpm

[Brian Henning]

Ahhhhhhhh, so the -U is what causes the process to include the removal of
the previous installation.  That would make sense.

So in the interest of wicked uptimes, is there a way to load a new kernel
image on the fly without having to reboot?

That may be a stupid question; I can see how it would be a stupid question,
but I figured there was at least a miniscule chance that the answer would be
"well actually, yes there is..."

Heh.

~Brian


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Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 5:23 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] installing kernel packages with rpm


On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Brian Henning wrote:

> Why is that?  Does that mean it's bad to let up2date update the kernel?
        No - up2date will special case to a "-i".  What would be the bad
idea would be "let rpm -U install a new kernel and them remove the
on-disk version of the one your running."  Not recommended for daily
consumption.


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