[wplug] Installing a kernel RPM?

[Bob Schmertz]

On Sun, 2003-05-25 at 18:25, TC Linux wrote:
> Thanks for the pointers on this.  I downloaded with up2date and 
> installed the rpm manually and so far the new kernel works just fine.
> 
> I'll leave the old one in place for a while just in case.  I haven't 
> looked at it yet in detail enough to know just how much space that old 
> kernel is taking up.  I would assume not much compared to other items 
> that I'd have on the hd.
> 

rpm -qi kernel-2.4.whatever to get info about the package, including its
installed size.  But no, the kernel doesn't take up much space.  If you
have a /boot partition, however, that can get jammed up with kernel
images (since a /boot partition tends to be small).

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Cheers,
Bob Schmertz