[wplug] Installing a kernel RPM?

[TC Linux]

Bob Schmertz wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-05-24 at 10:05, TC Linux wrote:
> 
>>Hello pluggers!
>>
>>My subscription to the Red Hat Network has notified me that the kernel 
>>should be updated.  Now, I have used the up2date feature for other 
>>packages, and it handled the download and the installation.  My question 
>>is, when downloading this kernel update, will it still do the 
>>installation for me?  Do I need to compile anything?  And will this 
>>require a loss of any settings?
>>
> 
> 
> Assuming you are already running a kernel compiled by Red Hat, you
> shouldn't have any problems just up2dating it like any other package. 
> It will already be compiled.  Installation should even add the
> appropriate lines to your grub.conf (a.k.a. menu.lst) to provide an
> option to boot to the new kernel.
> 

So this would add another kernel or just update the existing one to the 
the new one? Would this show two kernel boot options in grub?  If so, 
how would I go about removing the older kernel (entry and kernel)?



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