Re: Kernel patching

[Calvin Browne <calvin at pear.orange-tree.alt.za>]

> 
> Well, typically your distro's website should have the update package, in
> both RPM and Source RPM format.
> 
> If you download the RPM, a simple "rpm -Fvh kernel-package-name.rpm" or
> "rpm -Uvh kernel-package-name.rpm" should do just fine. You can then rerun
> LILO to update your kernel configuration - /sbin/lilo

Except of course, that it looks like newer distributions are moving to
grub, and running '/sbin/lilo' will mean your machine will not boot!

simply adding a new entry to /etc/grub.conf (done automatically
when updating via rpm) is enough, with no binaries being needed to]
run.

regards

--Calvin

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